The Immunodermatology Unit focuses on the evaluation and management of patients with immune-mediated skin conditions, which may require the use of immunosuppressive drugs.

Examples of skin conditions managed in this Unit include:

Immunoblistering diseases: bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, dermatitis herpetiformis, paraneoplastic pemphigus
Connective tissue diseases: cutaneous lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, morphoea, scleroderma
Cutaneous vasculitis
Others: Behcet's disease, Sweet's syndrome, recurrent erythema multiforme, pyoderma gangrenosum, livedoid vasculopathy

Patients will undergo detailed clinical evaluation and appropriate skin and laboratory investigations at this clinic. Available investigations include skin histopathology, direct and indirect immunofluorescence, anti-BP180 and anti-BP230 IgG ELISA tests, anti-desmoglein 1 and 3 ELISA tests, autoimmune serologies and immunoblot studies.