Diagnostic value of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using BP180 recombinant proteins in elderly patients with pruritic skin disorders [16]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 910-912

  Hofmann, S C ^a,b   Tamm, K ^a   Hertl, M ^b   Borradori, L ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BP 180; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0242719883     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05603.x     Document Type: Letter

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