Immunoelectron microscopic study of the conjunctiva in cicatricial pemphigoid

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Robin, H ^a   Hoang Xuan, T ^a   Prisant, O ^a   Toublanc, M ^a   Prost, C ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENT C3; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033010846     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050192     Document Type: Article

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