The oral mucosa of seven patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and one with linear IgA disease was studied. None of the patients with DH showed any macroscopic oral lesions, but direct immunofluorescence (IFL) examination of the buccal mucosa revealed granular IgA deposits in all patients. IgA
The pattern of lectin histochemistry in formalin fixed, paraffin embedded normal jejunal and subtotal villous atrophy specimens from patients with gluten sensitive enteropathy were compared. There was no significant difference in the binding pattern of five lectins (Arachis hypogaea, Canavalia