Altered pattern of connectivity in serum immunoglobulins from pemphigus vulgaris patients

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-430

  Pacheco Garcia U ^b   Tovar Rivera, T ^b   Padierna Olivos, L ^b   Rojas Espinosa, O ^b   Sanchez Colon S ^b   Gutierrez Armenta M ^b   Rivera Benitez C ^b   Masso Rojas, F ^b   Sanchez Garcia F J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033006715     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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