Explanations for the clinical and microscopic localization of lesions in pemphigus foliaceus and vulgaris

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-468

  Mahoney, Mỹ G ^a,d   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Rothenberger, Kyle ^a   Koch, Peter J ^a,e   Amagai, Masayuki ^b   Stanley, John R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c 211 Clinical Research Building ^*  (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; MUCOSA; NEWBORN; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033557198     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI5252     Document Type: Article

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