Serum reactivity in dermatitis herpetiformis: an international multicenter study.
Katharina BochFlorian HeckChristoph M HammersEmiliano AntigaMarzia CaproniDavid JuhlStephanie GoletzOrsolya N HorváthLaura HuilajaStanislav Khil'chenkoChristian SinaKaisa TasanenSnejina VassilevaWolfgang SchlumbergerDetlef ZillikensMartin ShahidKossara DrenovskaJohn J ZoneKamilla KoszorúKai FechnerCornelia DähnrichInke R KönigEnno SchmidtPublished in: Clinical and experimental dermatology (2023)
Serum IgA and IgG autoantibodies against endomysium, TG2/tTG, TG3/eTG, and deamidated gliadin are highly prevalent in DH. Indirect IF microscopy on monkey esophagus (IgA) provides the highest diagnostic accuracy that can be further enhanced by 3.5% when combined with IgA TG2/tTG ELISA.