Erosive lichen planus of the vulva: Weak circulating basement membrane zone antibodies are present

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 551-556

  Cooper, S M ^a,c   Dean, D ^a   Allen, J ^a   Kirtschig, G ^b   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROTEIN BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN BP180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 23044496329     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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