Clinical, histopathological and immunological distinction in two cases of IgA pemphigus

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 636-640

  Hashimoto, T ^a   Yasumoto, S ^a   Nagata, Y ^a   Okamoto, T ^b   Fujita, S ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kasukabe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DAPSONE; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ETRETINATE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCORNEAL PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS;

AGED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0036456835     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01061.x     Document Type: Review

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