Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) encompasses a group of autoimmune, chronic inflammatory, subepithelial blistering disorders affecting the mucous membranes characterized by deposition of IgG, IgA or ...

Bülbring, Lin and Schofield 1 have presented evidence which suggested that receptors of the sensory neurones subserving the peristaltic reflex in the isolated small intestine of the guinea pig, rabbit ...

Boston, MA— Scientists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, a subsidiary of Mass. Eye and Ear and affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that a bacterial pathogen can ...

Painful inflammatory lesions of the skin and mucous membranes may occur in children who develop bacterial pneumonia. A research group at the University Children's Hospital Zurich has recently ...

A 30-year-old woman produced a single mass of gray material from her nose during a particularly forceful sneeze several hours before presenting to our clinic. She asked that the material be submitted ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid should be monitored by a multidisciplinary team due to a risk for ...

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) is a rare autoimmune disease. Without proper treatment, it can damage the eyes and cause vision loss. OCP is a type of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP). MMP is a ...

Linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD) is an autoimmune disease that causes blisters. People with LABD can develop blisters in the skin and the mucous membranes in their mouth, genitals, and eyelids.