Bullous pemphigoid in infancy--a case report including new immunoblotting observations

Clin Exp Dermatol. 1993 Sep;18(5):483-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1993.tb02259.x.

Abstract

A 1-year-old boy developed bullous pemphigoid. Immunoblotting, which has not been previously reported in childhood pemphigoid, showed the serum reacted to a 190 kDa band only. Bullous pemphigoid is rare in infancy and childhood with only 40 cases previously reported. A brief review of the literature is given and treatment of childhood bullous pemphigoid is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pemphigoid, Bullous / drug therapy
  • Pemphigoid, Bullous / etiology*
  • Pemphigoid, Bullous / immunology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Skin / immunology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Prednisolone