Criteria for the Diagnosis of Dermatitis Herpetiformis
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The diagnosis and treatment of dermatitis herpetiformis
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an inflammatory cutaneous disease with a chronic relapsing course, pruritic polymorphic lesions, and typical histopathological and immunopathological findings. According to several evidences, DH is considered the specific cutaneous manifestation of celiac disease, and the most recent guidelines of celiac disease have stated that, in celiac patients with a proven...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577306600807