A typical case of pemphigoid gestationis with a unique pattern of intercellular immunofluorescence

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Vaughan Jones, S A ^a   Bhogal, B S ^a   Black, M M ^a   Clement, M ^a,b   Hashimoto, T ^a,c   Nishikawa, T ^a,c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Farnborough Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEMPHIGOID; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031057527     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.d01-1179.x     Document Type: Article

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