Human Inflammatory Skin Diseases: How Can Mediators be Recovered and Identified?

Increased suction blister concentrations of prostaglandin E and F2alpha in dermatitis herpetiformis

“…Suction blisters were produced exactly on the K I test areas (inflamed skin) and on the opposite side of the abdomen (uninvolved skin) using a method described by Kiistala ( 14). This method has proved satisfactory for PG examinations allowing blister formation under controlled conditions (7). In this study the blisters were produced al 20-2 !…”