Childhood vulval pemphigoid: A clinical and immunopathological study of five patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 308-312

  Farrell, A M ^a   Kirtschig, G ^a   Dalziel, K L ^b   Allen, J ^a   Dootson, G ^c   Edwards, S ^a   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; Childhood vulval pemphigoid; Cicatricial pemphigoid; Direct and indirect immunofluorescence; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033058185     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02668.x     Document Type: Article

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