BACKGROUND: Only limited epidemiologic data are available on @entity792 . Improved diagnostic tools should have led to an increased incidence. To test this hypothesis, all @entity1 with @entity792 who were treated in the Department of Dermatology at the University of W  rzburg, Germany, between January 2001 and June 2002 were analysed prospectively. @entity1 AND METHODS: Epidemiologic data of @entity1 diagnosed with an @entity792 during this time period were registered and statistically evaluated. Diagnosis was based on the clinical picture and specific immunopathological findings. Only @entity1 from Lower Franconia, a well-defined administrative region of Southern Germany, were included into this study. RESULTS: During the study period, 41 @entity1 with an @entity792 were diagnosed, including 27 with bullous pemphigoid, 4 with @entity22619 and mucous membrane pemphigoid, 2 with @entity14086 , and 1 with @entity27889 and @entity7271 , respectively. The highest incidence was calculated for bullous pemphigoid (13.4 @entity307 million inhabitants per year) followed by @entity22619 (2.0) and mucous membrane pemphigoid (2.0). @entity1 with mucous membrane pemphigoid were found to have the highest mean age at disease onset (76 years) followed by @entity1 with bullous pemphigoid (74 years). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first prospective study on the incidence of @entity792 . Subepidermal blistering @entity792 were shown to be more frequent than previously reported for Central Europe. This is most likely due to improved diagnostic tools for and increased awareness of these diseases.

Prospective analysis of the incidence of XXXX in Lower Franconia, Germany.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity27889 :: ('MESH:D016107', 'Disease') :: ['epidermolysis bullosa acquisita'] @entity7271 :: ('MESH:D010392', 'Disease') :: ['pemphigus vulgaris'] @entity14086 :: ('MESH:D003874', 'Disease') :: ['dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA disease'] @entity22619 :: ('MESH:D006559', 'Disease') :: ['pemphigoid gestationis'] @entity792 :: ('MESH:D001327', 'Disease') :: ['autoimmune bullous diseases', 'autoimmune bullous disorders', 'autoimmune bullous disease', 'autoimmune diseases'] @entity307 :: ('5187', 'Gene') :: ['per 1']
@entity792 :: (MESH:D001327,Disease) :: ['autoimmune bullous disorders']
