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Case Reports
. 2006;86(4):351-4.
doi: 10.2340/00015555-0083.

Childhood oral mucous membrane pemphigoid presenting as desquamative gingivitis in a 4-year-old girl

Silvia V Lourenço  1 , Paula Boggio, Luis E Agner Machado Martins, Cláudia G Santi, Valeria Aoki, Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico
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Childhood oral mucous membrane pemphigoid presenting as desquamative gingivitis in a 4-year-old girl

Silvia V Lourenço et al. Acta Derm Venereol. 2006.
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Abstract

Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a chronic inflammatory, bullous subepithelial auto-immune disease, with predominant involvement of the mucosal surfaces. Oral mucous membrane pemphigoid occurring in childhood is extremely rare. We describe a new case of this entity occurring in a 4-year-old girl who presented with desquamative gingivitis. Diagnosis was based on clinical presentation, histopathology, immunofluorescence and immunoblotting examinations. Treatment and 2-year follow-up are described.

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