TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 61. Dermatitis Herpetiformis
A1  - Ronaghy, Arash
A1  - Katz, Stephen I.
A1  - Hall, Russell P.
A2  - Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2  - Katz, Stephen I.
A2  - Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2  - Paller, Amy S.
A2  - Leffell, David J.
A2  - Wolff, Klaus
PY  - 2012
T2  - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
AB  - |PrintDermatitis  Herpetiformis  at  a  GlanceIntensely  itchy,  chronic  papulovesicular  eruption  distributed  symmetrically  on  extensor  surfaces.Characterized  histologically  by  dermal  papillary  collections  of  neutrophils  (microabscesses).Granular  immunoglobulin  (Ig)  A  deposits  in  normal-appearing  skin  are  diagnostic  for  dermatitis  herpetiformis.Most,  if  not  all,  dermatitis  herpetiformis  patients  have  an  associated  gluten-sensitive  enteropathy.The  rash  responds  rapidly  to  dapsone  therapy  and,  in  many  patients,  to  strict  adherence  to  a  gluten-free  diet.  
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Y2  - 2024/04/23
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