Evaluation of an avidin-biotin-peroxidase method with a monoclonal antibody to type IV collagen in the differential diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 217-222

  Bowszyc Dmochowska, Monika ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Dmochowski, Marian ^a   Nishikawa, Takeji ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

avidin biotin peroxidase method; bullous pemphigoid; differential diagnosis; epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PEMPHIGOID; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031009064     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02777.x     Document Type: Article

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