'Suction split' as a routine method to differentiate epidermolysis bullosa acquisita from bullous pemphigoid

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-247

  Feliciani, Claudio ^a,b   Di Muzio, Marcello ^a   Pour, Saman Mohammad ^a   Allegretti, Tiziana ^a   Amerio, Paolo ^a   Toto, Paola ^a   Coscione, Giulia ^a   Proietto, Gianluca ^a   Amerio, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune bullous disorders; Bullous pemphigoid; Differential diagnosis; Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SUCTION; TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031864840     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(98)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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