Diagnostic value of IgM deposition at the dermo-epidermal junction

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-205

  Kulthanan, Kanokvalai ^a   Pinkaew, Sumruay ^a   Suthipinittharm, Puan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SCALP; SUN EXPOSURE; VASCULITIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN;

EID: 0031935928     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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