Epidermal basement membrane: Its molecular organization and blistering disorders

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-66

  Masunaga, Takuji ^a,b  

^a Cutaneous Research Section   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bullous disease; Collagen; Immunoelectron microscopy; Laminin; Skin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; KALININ; PLECTIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEMPHIGOID; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 33744924491     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200600584157     Document Type: Review

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