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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Bullous pemphigoid (immunofluorescence)
Introduction

IgG and C3 positivy in the area of basement membrane of the epidermis and adnexa and partially in the roof of the bulla. Morphologically similar epidermolysis bullosa acquisita shows autoantibody positivity rather in the bottom of the vesicle. In drug induced pemphigoids is IgG and C3 often positive in the basal layer of the epidermis. Herpes gestationis is similar to the bullous pemphigoid, but IgG in basement membrane area is rare (positive is C3 only).