Precise ultrastructural localization of in vivo deposited IgG antibodies in fresh perilesional skin of patients with bullous pemphigoid

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 965-971

  Sato, M ^a,b   Shimizu, H ^b   Ishiko, A ^b   Masunaga, T ^b   Akiyama, M ^b   Hashimoto, T ^c   Kitajima, Y ^a   Nishikawa, T ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

AUTOANTIGENS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KERATINOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN;

EID: 0031748387     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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