Unfolding the worldwide incidence of bullous pemphigoid: what are we missing?

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¹ Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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V Aoki et al. Br J Dermatol. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;186(3):386-387.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.20838. Epub 2021 Nov 22.

¹ Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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The global incidence of bullous pemphigoid: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Persson MSM, Begum N, Grainge MJ, Harman KE, Grindlay D, Gran S. Persson MSM, et al. Br J Dermatol. 2022 Mar;186(3):414-425. doi: 10.1111/bjd.20743. Epub 2021 Nov 30. Br J Dermatol. 2022. PMID: 34480482

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