Case Report Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/allergy.1.004
Linear IgA bullous dermatosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease should not be mistaken for drug allergy
Kathy N. Williams1, Angelica Nocerino1, Silvija P. Gottesman2, Shelly Rivas2, Arun Swaminath1,*
- 1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
- 2Department of Dermatology, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
Corresponding Author
Arun Swaminath, Aswaminath@northwell.edu
Received Date: April 30, 2020
Accepted Date: May 25, 2020
Williams KN, Nocerino A, Gottesman SP, Rivas S, Swaminath A. Linear IgA bullous dermatosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease should not be mistaken for drug allergy. J Allergy Infect Dis 2020; 1(1):15-17.
Copyright: © 2020 Williams KN, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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