The autoimmune response to desmosomes or desmosomal components (not hemidesmosomes) leads to a blistering skin disease known as

A) pemphigus.
B) Ehlers?Danos syndrome.
C) syndecan.
D) junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
E) listeriosis.


A) pemphigus.

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