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A case of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor-related anti-BP230-type bullous pemphigoid showing granular C3 dermatosis-like direct immunofluorescence staining

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Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the patient for her participation We thank Ms. Mayumi Tamada, Ms. Kyoko Hiromatsu and Ms. Yoshiko Sakamoto at Kurume University and Ms. Nami Ikeshita at Hokkaido University for their technical work. The patient in this manuscript has given written informed consent to publication of her case details. Funding sources: This study was supported in part by “Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases” Project: matching fund subsidy to Takashi Hashimoto from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Conflicts of interest: none.

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Hashimoto, T., Tsunoda, T., Arai, Y. et al. A case of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor-related anti-BP230-type bullous pemphigoid showing granular C3 dermatosis-like direct immunofluorescence staining. Eur J Dermatol 32, 549–551 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2022.4316

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