Repeat direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test, using 1 M NaCl treated skin, in the subepidermal autoimmune bullous diseases that contain IgG at the dermal epidermal junction

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-41

  Barnadas, Maria A ^a   Gelpi C ^a   Curell, R ^a   De Moragas, J M ^a   Alomar, A ^a  

^a Hospital de la Sta Creu i St Pau ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; SKIN;

DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0032950080     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1999.tb01788.x     Document Type: Article

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