Bullous pemphigoid with nail loss

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 967-968

  Gualco, Francesco ^a   Cozzani, Emanuele ^a   Parodi, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; ONYCHOLYSIS; PEMPHIGOID; SKIN BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOES;

EID: 28444494791     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02358.x     Document Type: Article

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