Dermatitis herpetiformis
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a chronic inflammatory cutaneous disease that presents with a pruritic papulovesicular eruption
The condition is closely associated with gluten sensitive enteropathy
- at least 75% of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis have some degree of enteropathy (may vary from flat mucosa to partial villous atrophy).
- on the other hand dermatitis herpetiformis is present in only 24% of patients with coeliac disease (1)
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