The majority of bullous pemphigoid and herpes gestationis serum samples react with the NC16a domain of the 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 507-509

  Matsumura, K ^a   Amagai, M ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Basement membrane zone; Bullous pemphigoid; Immunoblot; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029766953     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505245     Document Type: Article

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