IgA antibodies of cicatricial pemphigoid sera specifically react with C- terminus of BP180

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-255

  Nie, Z ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032919031     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00501.x     Document Type: Letter

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