Immuno-fluorescent study in patients with auto-immune bullous dermatoses

ABSTRACT

Sixty-seven patients with Auto-Immune Bullous Dermatoses were studied immunologically in alignment with a comparison of 25 apparently healthy age and sex matched control group. Immunfluorescent tests were the main guide for specific diagnosis and classification of these dermatoses. Five important bullous diseases have been reported for the first time in Iraq using both direct and indirect immunofluorescent exams these are juvenile pemphigus, pemphigus herpertiformis, linear IgA disease, epidermolysis bullosa acquistia and linear IgM disease