The distribution of pemphigus vulgaris-IgG subclasses and their reactivity with desmoglein 3 and 1 in pemphigus patients and their first-degree relatives

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 337-342

  Kricheli, D ^a,b   David, M ^a,b   Frusic Zlotkin, M ^c   Goldsmith, D ^c   Rabinov, M ^a,b   Sulkes, J ^a   Milner, Y ^c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

First degree relatives; IgG autoantibody subclasses; Indirect immunofluorescence; Pemphigus vulgaris; Western immunoblotting

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0033838601     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03659.x     Document Type: Article

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