A case of herpetiform pemphigus with anti-desmoglein 3 IgG autoantibodies

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Isogai, Rieko ^a   Kawada, Akira ^a   Aragane, Yoshinori ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^b   Tezuka, Tadashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Desmoglein 3 antibodies; Eosinophilic spongiosis; Herpetiform pemphigus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; AUTOANTIGEN; CADHERIN; DSG3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPETIFORM PEMPHIGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAPAN; KERATINOCYTE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGUS; PHENOTYPE; PRURITUS; RARE DISEASE; URTICARIA; ABDOMEN; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 3; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; THORAX;

EID: 3042531465     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00693.x     Document Type: Article

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