Clinicopathological features and HLA tissue typing in pemphigoid gestationis patients in Kuwait

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-306

  Nanda, A ^a   Al Saeed, K ^a   Dvorak, R ^a   Al Muzairai, I ^a   Al Sabah, H ^a   Al Arbash, M ^a   Alsaleh, Q A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0038115476     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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