Childhood bullous pemphigoid successfully treated with diaminodiphenyl sulfone

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 809-812

  Motegi, Sei Ichiro ^a   Abe, Masatoshi ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Ishii, Norito ^a,b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a,b   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; Diaminodiphenyl sulfone; Immunofluorescence; NC16a domain of BP180

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PEMPHIGOID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 28244474919     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00849.x     Document Type: Article

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