Sunlight and air temperature affect autoantibody activity and skin involvement of bullous pemphigoid

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 498-501

  Kyriakis, Kyriakos P ^b   Panteleos, Demetrius N ^b   Tosca, Androniki D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN DISEASE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030056528     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1996.tb01666.x     Document Type: Article

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