Ectodermal Dysplasia: Association with Anti-Basement Membrane Autoantibodies.

We report a series of three ectodermal dysplasia patients with an ocular phenotype typically seen in ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid; conjunctival immunohistopathology revealed anti-basement membrane autoantibodies in all of them, and systemic immunosuppression proved to be effective in improving symptoms and helping to stabilize ocular surface disease. PMID: 31268817 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Ocular Immunology and Inflammation - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Ocul Immunol Inflamm Source Type: research