The skin-kidney connection: bullous pemphigoid associated with acute allograft rejection and membranous nephropathy. Clin Case Rep 2018 Feb;6(2):432-433
Date
02/16/2018Pubmed ID
29445491Pubmed Central ID
PMC5799655DOI
10.1002/ccr3.1324Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid has been linked to allograft rejection, as well as membranous nephropathy in renal transplant recipients. Although there is a possibility of multiple distinct autoimmune processes, immune stimulation induced by allograft rejection or antibasement zone antibody interactions are possible mechanisms for the simultaneous skin and renal involvement.