Letter

Bullous pemphigoid

Is the incidence of pemphigoid really increasing?

BMJ 2008; 337 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1138 (Published 6 August 2008)
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1138

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

  1. Richard W Groves, head, clinical immunodermatology1,
  2. Balbir Bhogal, chief biomedical scientist1,
  3. Kathy Taghipour, research fellow1,
  4. Paola Caposciutti, research fellow1,
  5. Monika Saha, research fellow1
  1. 1St John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH
  1. richard.groves{at}kcl.ac.uk

    We found the data reported by Langan et al on the apparent increasing incidence of pemphigoid striking.1

    It might reasonably be expected that a fivefold increase in incidence of pemphigoid would be apparent to physicians caring for patients with the disorder. Blistering disorders are perhaps unusual among skin conditions in that they are nearly always reported to dermatologists, and specialised testing is required …

    Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment

    Subscribe

    Article access

    Article access for 1 day

    Purchase this article for £20 $30 €32*

    The PDF version can be downloaded as your personal record

    * Prices do not include VAT

    Rapid responses

    THIS WEEK'S POLL

    BMJ most popular