Dermatitis herpetiformis: Should direct immunofluorescence be the only diagnostic criterion?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 336-339

  Sousa, Lourdes ^a,c   Bajanca, Rui ^a   Cabral, José ^b   Fiadeiro, Teresa ^a  

^a Hospital do Desterro   (Portugal)

^b Hospital D Estefânea   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DAPSONE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036656652     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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