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Bullous Pemphigoid Burden of Disease and Diagnosis
Bottom left-hand image reprinted from Dermatologic Clinics, Vol 29/No. 3, Schmidt E, et al, Clinical features and practical diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid, pp427-438, Copyright 2011, with permission Elsevier. Far bottom-right image reprinted from DermNet New Zealand. Original image located at: https://dermnetnz.org/topics/bullous-pemphigoid-images. Far top-right image reprinted with permission from Science Photo Library. Original image located at: https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1227663/view
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*May persist for several weeks or months before the formation of bullae, or it may remain non-bullous indefinitely in atypical variants.
BP, bullous pemphigoid; QoL, quality of life.
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