Pemphigoid nodularis: Two case studies and analysis of autoantibodies before and after the development of generalized blistering

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-65

  Tashiro, Hirotsugu ^a   Arai, Harue ^b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^c   Takezaki, Shinichiro ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Division of Dermatology   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BP180; BP230; Pemphigoid nodularis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BETAMETHASONE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 180 ANTIGEN; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; DAPSONE; EDETIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NONFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; PAPULE; PARAKERATOSIS; PEMPHIGOID NODULARIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; RASH; SERUM; SKIN DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BLISTER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 21844474862     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.60     Document Type: Article

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