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A chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease usually of the elderly and without histopathologic acantholysis. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Bullous Pemphigoid as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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