Three different autoimmune bullous diseases in one family: Is there a common genetic base?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 322-327

  Kirtschig, Gudula ^a,b   Mittag, H ^a   Wolf, M ^a   Gorski, A ^a   Happle, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cicatricial pemphigoid; Familial occurrence; Genetic transmission; HLA type; Linear IgA disease; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; HLA A1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033063776     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02674.x     Document Type: Article

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