Bullous Disease of Diabetes: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

bullous disease of diabetes, bullosis diabeticorum, diabetic bullae, diabetes mellitus, diabetic disease, type 1 diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes, diabetes complications, uncomplicated diabetes, type 2 diabetes

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Jacqueline M Junkins-Hopkins, MD, Associate Professor, Director, Division of Dermatopathology and Oral Pathology, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Jacqueline M Junkins-Hopkins, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Physicians, and American Society of Dermatopathology
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Medical Editor

Maureen B Poh-Fitzpatrick, MD, Professor Emerita of Dermatology and Special Lecturer, Columbia University; Professor of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Tennessee
Maureen B Poh-Fitzpatrick, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, and New York Academy of Medicine
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Michael J Wells, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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Managing Editor

Edward F Chan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Edward F Chan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatopathology, and Society for Investigative Dermatology
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CME Editor

Joel M Gelfand, MD, MSCE, Medical Director, Clinical Studies Unit, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Joel M Gelfand, MD, MSCE is a member of the following medical societies: Society for Investigative Dermatology
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Dirk M Elston, MD, Director, Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center
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