Absence of cutaneous IgA in coeliac disease without dermatitis herpetiformis
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 99 (6) , 621-625
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb07055.x
Abstract
Skin biopsies from 17 patients with celiac disease, but without dermatitis herpetiformis, were examined by direct immunofluorescence. In none of them was Ig[immunoglobulin]A detectable. IgA was present in dermal papillae and/or in relation to the dermo-epidermal junction in 80 of 83 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis. Cutaneous deposition of IgA at these sites is a very characteristic feature of dermatitis herpetiformis and is unrelated to celiac disease itself.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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