The use of ELISA to detect desmoglein antibodies in a pregnant woman and fetus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1217-1218

  Okubo, Satomi ^b   Sato Matsumura, Kazuko C ^a   Abe, Riichiro ^b   Aoyagi, Satoru ^b   Akiyama, Masashi ^b   Yokota, Koichi ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0141707971     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.9.1217     Document Type: Article

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