Immunohistopathologic testing in patients suspected of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 823-827

  Demers, Pierre E ^a,b   Robin, Hervé ^a   Prost, Catherine ^c   Toutblanc, Marianne ^a   Hoang Xuan, Thanh ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cicatrizing conjunctivitis; Immunofluorescence; Immunopathology; Immunoperoxidase; Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid; Salt split immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIGENS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031842216     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.8.823.5145     Document Type: Article

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