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Linear IgA disease of childhood (chronic bullous disease of childhood)

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Management of Blistering Diseases

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Linear IgA disease of childhood (LADC) (synonyms juvenile dermatitis herpetiformis, juvenile pemphigoid, chronic bullous disease/ dermatosis of childhood) is an acquired blistering disorder of childhood characterized by the presence of a linear band of IgA at the dermo-epidermal junction.

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  1. The Slade Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Fenella Wojnarowska

  2. University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

    Robert A. Briggaman

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Marsden, R.A. (1990). Linear IgA disease of childhood (chronic bullous disease of childhood). In: Wojnarowska, F., Briggaman, R.A. (eds) Management of Blistering Diseases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7190-6_9

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