Antibodies against desmoglein 1 in healthy subjects in endemic and nonendemic areas of pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in Peru

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 538-542

  Ortega Loayza, Alex G ^a,b,c,d,e   Ramos, Willy ^a,b,c,d,e   Elgart, George ^a,b,c,d,e   Bouman, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e   Jiménez, Gerardo ^a,b,c,d,e   Avila, Jack ^a,b,c,d,e   Rojas, Isabel ^a,b,c,d,e   Vilcarromero, María ^a,b,c,d,e   Hurtado, Jorge ^a,b,c,d,e   Lindo, Gisella ^a,b,c,d,e   Galarza, Carlos ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO   (Peru)

^c Hospital Regional de Pucallpa   (Peru)

^d Health Station of Pueblo Libre   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PERU; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESMOGLEIN 1; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PERU; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33646170687     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02823.x     Document Type: Article

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