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How do you manage patients with bullous pemphigoid who have IgE autoantibodies to BP180?

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Dermatology · University of Florida

40% of patients with BP can have IgE class autoantibodies directed against BP. Treatment does not have to differ from patients without IgE class autoantibodies: for mild or localized disease or in patients who cannot tolerate immunosuppression, doxycycline and high potency topical steroids can be us...

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