Autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs) are life-threatening diseases caused by immunologically mediated cell adhesion compromise in the skin and mucous membranes. Proposed diagnosis of AIBDs on a clinicopathological basis usually requires confirmation by other sophisticated and expensive laboratory facilities. This emphasizes the urgency of a simple, approachable and cost-effective method to clarify the diagnosis of AIBDs. This work aimed to outline the distinguishing trichoscopic characters of some immunobullous disorders [pemphigus vulgaris (PV), pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and bullous pemphigoid (BP)] in a group of Upper Egyptian patients and to examine any potential connections between these features and certain disease aspects. Sixty patients with AIBDs affecting the scalp were included. Twenty-nine patients were diagnosed as PV, seventeen patients were PF and fourteen were diagnosed as …
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