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To the Editor: Joly et al. (Jan. 31 issue)¹ report mortality rates among patients with bullous pemphigoid that are substantially higher than those in four previous British and American studies (a one-year mortality rate of 19 percent, a two-year mortality rate of 6 percent, and three-year mortality rates of 28 percent and 30 percent²) but similar to that in another French study (a one-year mortality rate of 41 percent³), suggesting that survival of patients with bullous pemphigoid may vary according to the ethnic background. Thus, the findings reported by Joly et al. cannot be extrapolated to all patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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