Human autoantibodies against a desmosomal core protein in pemphigus foliaceus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 1509-1518

  Koulu, Leena ^a,b   Kusumi, Akihiro ^a,b   Steinberg, Malcolm S ^a,b   Klaus Kovtun, Vera ^a,b   Stanley, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CATTLE; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEMPHIGUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0021703437     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.160.5.1509     Document Type: Article

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