Application of confocal laser scanning microscopy to differential diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 593-601

  Kazama, T ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Hashimoto, T ^b   Komai, A ^b   Ito, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTEGRIN BETA4; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 0031922129     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02167.x     Document Type: Article

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