A novel variant of acquired epidermolysis bullosa with autoantibodies against the central triple-helical domain of type VII collagen

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 623-632

  Tanaka, Hikaru ^a   Ishida Yamamoto, Akemi ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Hiramoto, Kazuyo ^c   Harada, Takashi ^c   Kawachi, Yasuhiro ^d   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^e   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^f   Kishiyama, Kazunori ^g   Höpfner, Bianca ^h   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Iizuka, Hajime ^a   Bruckner Tuderman, Leena ^h  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DAPSONE; EPITOPE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0031447029     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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