Direct immunofluorescence of plucked hair in pemphigus [6]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-229

  Schaerer, Leo ^b   Trüeb, Ralph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIQUID NITROGEN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SKIN BIOPSY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037323067     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.2.228     Document Type: Letter

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