Abstract
Stomatological Disease and Science is an open acccess journal, which publishes articles in the field of stomatological research, oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, oral cancer etc.
Highlights
Linear IgA disease (LAD) is a rare chronic autoimmune subepithelial mucocutaneous bullous disorder characterized by linear deposition of IgA immunoreactants at the cutaneous or mucosal basement membrane zone (BMZ).[1]
LAD is a rare and chronic autoimmune subepithelial mucocutaneous bullous disorder that is diagnosed by the demonstration of a homogeneous linear band of IgA at the BMZ
During the 1970s, LAD was recognized as a separate, distinct entity
Summary
Linear IgA disease (LAD) is a rare chronic autoimmune subepithelial mucocutaneous bullous disorder characterized by linear deposition of IgA immunoreactants at the cutaneous or mucosal basement membrane zone (BMZ).[1]. Some patients present with a clinical phenotype similar to that of cicatricial pemphigoid.[4] The causes of LAD are not clear. A 60-year-old female patient presented to our clinic with the chief complaint of painful ulcers on her lips of 3 months duration.
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