Ariana Ringer, Andrea María Smichowski, Ramiro Gómez, Belén Virasoro, Liliana Martínez, Emmanuel Bertiller, Carlos Siegrist, Brian Abdala, Serenela Chulibert, German Grossi, Eduardo Rubín, Alex Kostianovsky, Sebastián Andrés Muñoz, Sophia Lutgen, Ignacio Javier Gandino
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of autoimmune diseases (ADs) associated with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) and analyze clinical, laboratory, and treatment associations between these entities. METHODS: A multicentre cross-sectional study of patients with an OCP diagnosis. The population was divided into two groups according to their association with other ADs or not. Clinical, laboratory and treatment variables were described and compared between groups. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify variables that could suggest the association between OCP and ADs...
February 20, 2024: International Ophthalmology