Immediate hypersensitivity phenomena in bullous pemphigoid: Critical concepts

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 189-198

  Bowszyc Dmochowska, Monika ^a   Dmochowski, Marian ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Dermatology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antigen; Bullous pemphigoid; Dermo epidermal junction; Eosinophil; Hypersensitivity; IgE; IgG4; Subepidermal autoimmune blistering dermatosis; Th2 cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; HEMIDESMOSOME PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; BLISTER; CELL ACTIVATION; DEGRANULATION; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGOID; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; TISSUE INJURY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUTROPHILS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0041807732     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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