Coexistence of psoriasis and linear IgA disease in a patient with recent herpes zoster infection

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-645

  Cooke, Nicola ^a   Jenkinson, H ^b   Wojnarowska, F ^c   McKenna, K ^d   Alderdice, J ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN BP180; ANTIGEN BP230; AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING AFFINITY; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 27144493368     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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