Cicatricial pemphigoid (GP) is a chronic inflammatory disease which can affect the
conjunctiva. It is a slowly progressive disorder of unknown but presumed autoimmune …

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is a slowly progressive disease of mucous membranes and
skin of unknown but presumed autoimmune aetiology. We describe eight cases of presumed …

Seven patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid displayed acute inflammatory activity that
could not be attributed to secondary bacterial infections, trichiasis, or lagophthalmos …

Cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous
membranes with a tendency toward scarring. The characteristic ocular finding is progressive …

The first use of the word pemphigoid has been credited to Hippocrates when he described
pemphigoid fever, pemphigodes pyretoi, as a type offever accompanied by blisters. The root …

We determined the mitotic rate, measured by evaluating uptake of tritiated thymidine
autoradiographically, and the frequency of goblet cells in conjunctival epithelial biopsy …

We describe two cases of presumed drug-induced cicatrizing conjunctivitis simulating ocular
pemphigoid following pilocarpine administration in one patient and demecarium in the other …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) may represent a
distinct immunopathologic disease when it is pure ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (POCP)(eg …

Conjunctival biopsy specimens from 13 patients with cicatricial pemphigoid and from 13 age-
matched healthy individuals undergoing cataract surgery were analyzed by light microscopy …

Methods The course of the disease, complications and putative risk factors in patients with
ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) treated at the Departments of Ophthalmology and …