Prevalence of anti-desmoglein-3 antibodies in endemic regions of fogo selvagem in Brazil

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2044-2048

  Hilario Vargas, Julio ^a,b   Dasher, David A ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^c   Hans Filho, Gunter ^d   Dos Santos, Vandir ^e   Qaqish, Bahjat F ^f   Rivitti, Evandro A ^c   Diaz, Luis A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL PEDRO RUIZ GALLO   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria de Estado de Saude Do Mato Grosso Do Sul   (Brazil)

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOGO SELVAGEM; HUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAZIL; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33747369584     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700388     Document Type: Article

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