How to do conjunctival and buccal biopsies to investigate cicatrising conjunctivitis: improving the diagnosis of ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid

Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Apr;97(4):530-1. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302963. Epub 2013 Jan 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Basement Membrane
  • Biopsy / methods
  • Conjunctiva / pathology*
  • Conjunctivitis / diagnosis*
  • Conjunctivitis / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology*
  • Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Mycophenolic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / diagnosis*
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Mycophenolic Acid