Cicatricial pemphigoid sera specifically react with the most C-terminal portion of BP180

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Lee, Jee Bum ^a,b   Liu, Yuanlin ^a,c   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c General Navy Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

BP180; Bullous pemphigoid; Cicatricial pemphigoid; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEMPHIGOID ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BP180; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SERUM;

EID: 0038547754     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(03)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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