Ocular 'nonscarring' mucous membrane pemphigoid associated with antilaminin-5 antibodies

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-681

  Coronella, G ^a   Amato, L ^a   Berti, S ^a   Moretti, Silvia ^a,c   Terracina, M ^b   Mastrogiacomo, A ^b   Fabbri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c Clinica Dermatologica II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KALININ; KALININ ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUCOSA; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EYE DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 27144489026     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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