Pemphigus vulgaris - A model for cutaneous autoimmunity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 20-21

  Anhalt, Grant J ^a   Díaz, Luis A ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ALLELE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 3042774352     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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