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Hi Karen,
I ran a Medline search on pemphigus and celiac disease and got 11 hits.
I'll paste the citations at the bottom of this post.
I hope that is helpful.
best wishes,
Ron Hoggan

Thu, 14 Jan 1999 at 10:35:20 -0500 karen brinser said:

>Has anyone ever had a diagnosis of pemphigus in addition to their celiac
>disease?  Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease  that causes oral ulcer in
>the mouth and blistering of the skin.  I was also wondering if it is the
>same thing as Dermatitis Herpetiformis?  Thanks for your input.


 Kumar V, et al.
Serologic markers of gluten-sensitive enteropathy in bullous diseases.
Arch Dermatol. 1992 Nov;128(11):1474-8.


 Altmann DM.
HLA-DQ associations with autoimmune disease.
Autoimmunity. 1992;14(1):79-83. Review. No abstract available.


 Wordsworth P.
PCR-SSO typing in HLA-disease association studies.
Eur J Immunogenet. 1991 Feb-Apr;18(1-2):139-46.


 Nepom GT, et al.
MHC class-II molecules and autoimmunity.
Annu Rev Immunol. 1991;9:493-525. Review.


 Nepom GT.
MHC genes in HLA-associated disease.
Curr Opin Immunol. 1989-90 Apr;2(4):588-92. Review. No abstract available.


 Kumar V, et al.
Detection of antigliadin antibodies in bullous diseases and their
recognition of similar antigenic polypeptides.
Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol. 1987;83(2):155-9.


 Teppo AM, et al.
Enzyme immunoassay of antibodies to epithelial glycoprotein: increased
level of antibodies in coeliac disease.
J Immunol Methods. 1984 Nov 30;74(2):327-36.

 Kumar V, et al.
Distribution of monkey esophagus antigens reactive with IgA-class
antibodies in the sera of dermatitis herpetiformis patients.
Arch Dermatol Res. 1984;276(5):293-6.


 Marks JM.
Dowling oration 1977. Dogma and dermatitis herpetiformis.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 1977 Sep;2(3):189-207. Review. No abstract available.


 Van Joost T.
Circulating autoantibodies in skin diseases: a survey and comparison of
immunofluorescence (IF) studies.
Int J Dermatol. 1975 Jul-Aug;14(6):379-96. Review. No abstract available.


 Holdstock DJ, et al.
Vasculitis in coeliac diseases.
Br Med J. 1970 Nov 7;4(731):369.