Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Department of Dermatology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Publications

• Editorial   
  A Brief Description of Bullous Pemphigoid
  Author(s): Kenneth Jones*
  
  Bullous pemphigoid is a rare skin condition that generally affects the people of middle age life and beyond. It causes a variety of skin findings, from itchy, hive-like welts to large, fluid-filled blisters which may get infected. It is an associate autoimmune disease, which means it is caused once the body's immune system malfunctions. The system is supposed to defend the body against bacterium, viruses, and diseases, however instead produces antibodies against healthy tissue, cells and organs. Some patients with BP produce other reaction diseases such diabetes and atrophic arthritis. Numerous different factors are reported to play a role in triggering BP. These includes medication (furosemide, penicillin's), mechanical trauma, and physical traumas (burns from radiation, sun or heat). Bullous is the medical term for a large blister (a thin-walled sac full of clear fluid). Typ.. View More»
  

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