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Dermatitis herpetiformis
Vesicles and blisters on the wrists in dermatitis herpetiformis

Dermatitis herpetiformis

Vesicles and blisters on the wrists in dermatitis herpetiformis  


Keywords: Autoimmune blistering disease, Dietary gluten sensitivity, Duhring-brocq disease, Erythema, Excoriated papules, Grouped papulovesicular eruption, Male, Palmar purpura, Tense bullae, Vesicles, Wrist



What is dermatitis herpetiformis?

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an inflammatory immunobullous disease of the skin and a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac (celiac) disease, a gluten-sensitive enteropathy.

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