<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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.