Shift in clinical features, histologic findings and antigen profiles from pemphigus vulgaris to pemphigus foliaceus - Two case studies

Dermatology

Volumn 189, Issue , 1994, Pages 57-59

  Kawana, S ^a   Hashimoto, T ^b   Nishikawa, T ^b   Nishiyama, S ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoblot analysis; Pemphigus antigen; Pemphigus foliaceus; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIGENICITY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

AUTOANTIGENS; CADHERINS; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEMPHIGUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028263185     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246931     Document Type: Article

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