Sensitivity of indirect immunofluorescence and ELISA in detecting intercellular antibodies in endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 914-918

  Cunha, Paulo Rowilson ^a,b,c   Bystryn, Jean Claude ^a,b   Medeiros, Emerson Palmeira L ^a,b   de Oliveira, Josenildo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746596275     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02521.x     Document Type: Article

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