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Spectrum of Autoimmune Bullous Diseases in Northern Greece. A 4-year Retrospective Study and Review of the Literature.

ΤίτλοςSpectrum of Autoimmune Bullous Diseases in Northern Greece. A 4-year Retrospective Study and Review of the Literature.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsPatsatsi, A., Lamprou F., Kokolios M., Stylianidou D., Trigoni A., Kalampalikis D., & Sotiriadis D.
JournalActa Dermatovenerol Croat
Volume25
Issue3
Pagination195-201
Date Published2017 Oct
ISSN1847-6538
Λέξεις κλειδιάAdult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Autoimmune Diseases, Female, Greece, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
Abstract

Bullous Diseases Unit at the 2nd Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was founded with the aim to provide the optimal diagnostic approach and treatment of patients with autoimmune bullous diseases (AΙBD). We processed all AIBD files of patients diagnosed from 2011 to 2014 in order to record all epidemiological data and therapeutic manipulations during monitoring. 57 patients were diagnosed with intraepidermal and 62 with subepidermal bullous diseases. There were 51 cases (89%) of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and 6 (11%) of pemphigus foliaceus (PF), whereas 45 (73%) patients were diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid (BP), 9 (14%) with mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP), 3 (5%) with pemphigoid gestationis (PG), 3 (5%) with linear IgA dermatosis (LAD), 1 (2%) with epidermolysis bullosa aquisita (EBA), and 1 patient with an undefined subepidermal AIBD. The mean age of patients within the pemphigus spectrum was 57 years. In the pemphigoid spectrum, the mean age was 72 years. Comorbidities were reported with increasing frequency, as well as treatment options other than systemic corticosteroids, such as adjuvant immunosuppressive agents, which were used to achieve complete remission. This is a report from a tertiary AIBD Referral Center in northern Greece. Our data from a 4-year period contribute to the completion of the global geographic incidence map of AIBD.

Alternate JournalActa Dermatovenerol Croat
PubMed ID29252171

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