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- Title
Childhood ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid successfully treated with rituximab.
- Authors
Flores‐Climente, Víctor; Rozas‐Muñoz, Eduardo; Martínez‐Grau, Ainhoa; Aucouturier, Françoise; Luna, Sabina; Baselga, Eulalia
- Abstract
Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a chronic autoimmune blistering disease that usually affects elderly patients being extremely rare in pediatric population. Despite aggressive immunosuppressive therapy, ocular MMP may progress causing significant morbidity. Herein, we describe a toddler with ocular MMP successfully treated with rituximab.
- Subjects
MUCOUS membranes; BULLOUS pemphigoid; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; OLDER patients
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 6, p984
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pde.13971