The Growing Incidence of Bullous Pemphigoid: Overview and Potential Explanations
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common type of subepidermal autoimmune bullous diseases. BP characteristically affects the elderly and is seen mainly in patients older than 70 years. While the annual incidence of BP has been estimated to be between 2.4 and 23 cases per million in the general pop...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00220/full |