Desmoglein-1-specific T lymphocytes from patients with endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem)

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-213

  Lin, Mong Shang ^a   Fu, Chang Ling ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^b   Hans Filho, Gunter ^c   Rivitti, Evandro A ^b   Moraes, Jose R ^f   Moraes, Maria E ^f   Lazaro, Ana Maria ^d   Giudice, George J ^a   Stastny, Peter ^d   Diaz, Luis A ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0033968248     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8075     Document Type: Article

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