Bullous Pemphigoid in an 11-Year-Old Boy

Authors:
  • SBSamuel F. Bean
    Samuel F. Bean
  • RGRobert A. Good
    Robert A. Good
  • DWDorothy B. Windhorst
    Dorothy B. Windhorst
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Abstract
The initiation and course of a chronic blistering disease and immunologic changes characteristic of bullous pemphigoid in an 11-year-old boy suggested that an allergic reaction to one or more drugs was followed by the development of antibodies with reactivity to the dermal-epidermal junction. The prolonged nature of the disease is hypothesized to be secondary to the presence of such antibodies.