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Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a lifelong itching, blistering skin disease. Most patients have an associated gluten-sensitive enteropathy or coeliac disease (CDL)¹ characterized histologically by duodenal and jejunal atrophy. It is well established that DH may affect the oral mucosa as well.^2-3 According to previous reports,^{1, 3} oral lesions are found in 1% to 10% of patients with DH, but Fraser and coworkers³ reported oral lesions in 70% of patients. In the present study, oral changes in DH were assessed.

Patients and Methods

A total of 27 patients with DH and 30 patients with CD (the diagnosis confirmed via small intestine biopsy) as a control group were enrolled in the study through the Coeliac Association of Turku, Finland. A second control group comprised 30 healthy subjects. The diagnosis of DH was confirmed by the presence of characteristic histological features of the skin and cutaneous deposits of IgA (Figure 1). All patients with DH . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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