Vesicular pemphigoid in a 16-year-old boy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 722-724

  Geyer, Adam S ^a   Zillikens, Detlef ^b   Skrobek, Christian ^b   Cohen, Bernard ^a   Anhalt, Grant J ^a   Nousari, Hossein C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ross Research Bldg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0141756325     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00515-2     Document Type: Article

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