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This document discusses pemphigoid diseases, a group of autoimmune disorders characterized by autoantibodies against proteins of the dermal-epidermal junction. The most common type is bullous pemphigoid, which mainly affects older people and has more than doubled in incidence in Europe in the past decade. An exact diagnosis requires direct immunofluorescence microscopy or serological tests since clinical criteria alone are usually not sufficient to distinguish between the different types of pemphigoid disea

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Ussiy Rachman

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EN