Do Anti-Basement Membrane Zone Antibodies Cause Some Cases of ‘Senile Pruritus’?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1049-1050

  Bernhard, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY;

AGED; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LETTER; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; PRURITUS;

EID: 0030811057     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1997.03890440133024     Document Type: Letter

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