Anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: Differentiation by use of indirect immunofluorescence microscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 542-547

  Vodegel, Robert M ^a   De Jong, Marcelus C J M ^a   Pas, Hendri H ^a   Yancey, Kim B ^b   Jonkman, Marcel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; EPILIGRIN; KALININ; LAMININ; LAMININ 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIEPILIGRIN CICATRICIAL PEMPHIGOID; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0037382687     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.99     Document Type: Article

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