Direct immunofluorescence on uninvolved, lesional and perilesional skin in with Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem)

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Pereira Pegas, José Roberto ^a,c   Silva Dos Reis, Vitor Manoel ^b  

^a Hosp Serv Pub Estadual S Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Apt 122 03319 000 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basal membrane zone (BMZ); C3 complement fraction; Immunoglobulins; Intercellular spaces (ICS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN;

EID: 13944265607     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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