Development of a Disease Registry for Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: Initial Analysis of the Pemphigus Vulgaris Subset
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https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1854Keywords:
autoimmune bullous disease, disease registry, epidemiology, pemphigus vulgaris.Abstract
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a rare, potentially life threate-ning, autoimmune blistering skin disease. The International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF) has recently developed a disease registry with the aim to enhance our understanding of autoimmune bullous diseases with the long-term goal of acquiring information to improve patient care. Patients were recruited to the IPPF disease registry through direct mail, e-mail, advertisements, and articles in the IPPF-quarterly, -website, -Facebook webpage, and IPPF Peer Health Coaches to complete a 38-question survey. We present here the initial analysis of detailed clinical information collected on 393 PV patients. We report previously unrecognized gender differences in terms of lesion location, autoimmune comorbidity, and delay in diagnosis. The IPPF disease registry serves as a useful resource and guide for future clinical investigation.Downloads
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Copyright (c) 2014 Amit Aakash Shah, Kristina Seiffert-Sinha, David Sirois, Victoria P. Werth, Badri Rengarajan, William Zrnchik, Kristopher Attwood, Animesh A. Sinha
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