Childhood epidermolysis bullosa acquisita with autoantibodies against the noncollagenous 1 and 2 domains of type VII collagen: Case report and review of the literature

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1048-1052

  Mayuzumi, M ^a,b   Akiyama, M ^a   Nishie, W ^a,b   Ukae, S ^b   Abe, M ^a   Sawamura, D ^a   Hashimoto, T ^c   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Social Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita; Epitope; Immunoblot; Immunofluorescence; Inflammatory phenotype

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROCOLLAGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONCOLLAGENOUS 1 DOMAIN; NONCOLLAGENOUS 2 DOMAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PRURITUS; REVIEW;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 33749855281     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07443.x     Document Type: Review

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