Electron microscopy in diagnosis of autoimmune bullous disorders

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 631-637

  Ishiko, Akira ^a,c   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; DESMOSOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEMPHIGUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 0034805485     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(00)00178-4     Document Type: Review

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