Diseases

Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

A chronic blistering disease with predilection for mucous membranes and less frequently the skin, and with a tendency to scarring. It is sometimes called ocular pemphigoid because of conjunctival mucous membrane involvement.

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Abstract

A chronic blistering disease with predilection for mucous membranes and less frequently the skin, and with a tendency to scarring. It is sometimes called ocular pemphigoid because of conjunctival mucous membrane involvement.

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16 entry terms
  • Benign Mucosal Pemphigoid
  • Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid, Benign
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane
  • Pemphigoid, Cicatricial
  • Benign Mucosal Pemphigoids
  • Cicatricial Pemphigoid
  • Mucosal Pemphigoid, Benign
  • Mucosal Pemphigoids, Benign
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucosal
  • Pemphigoids, Benign Mucosal
  • Cicatricial Pemphigoid, Ocular
  • Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
  • Pemphigoid, Ocular Cicatricial
  • Cicatricial Pemphigoids, Ocular
  • Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoids
  • Pemphigoids, Ocular Cicatricial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1991(1981); use SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS 1981-1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Skin Diseases (1966-1975)
  • Skin Diseases, Bullous (1976-1980)

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  1. C11w.187.482w
  2. C17.800w.865w.670w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010390. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010390
  2. Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous_membrane_pemphigoid
  3. Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627291