Detection of IgG autoantibodies in the sera of patients with bullous and gestational pemphigoid: ELISA studies utilizing a baculovirus-encoded form of bullous pemphigoid antigen 2

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-286

  Haase, Claudia ^a   Büdinger, Lioba ^a   Borradori, Luca ^b,c   Yee, Carole ^b   Merk, Hans F ^a   Yancey, Kim ^b   Hertl, Michael ^a,d  

^a Hautklinik der RWTM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; B lymphocytes; Hemidesmosome

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACULOVIRUS; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031917777     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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