Spectrum of autoimmune bullous diseases in Kuwait

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 876-881

  Nanda, Arti ^a,b   Dvorak, Richard ^a   Al Saeed, Khloud ^a   Al Sabah, Humoud ^a   Alsaleh, Qasem A ^a  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 10444265953     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02292.x     Document Type: Article

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