A predominant IgG4 subclass may be responsible for false-negative direct immunofluorescence in bullous pemphigoid

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 282-286

  Buschman, Kerry E ^b   Seraly, Mark ^b   Thong, H Y ^b   Deng, Jau Shyong ^b   Draviam, Rose P ^b   Abernethy, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PEMPHIGOID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SKIN; STAINING;

AUTOANTIBODIES; COMPLEMENT C3; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036020479     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2002.290504.x     Document Type: Article

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