Methods for diagnosing dermatitis herpetiformis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1112-1113

  Beutner, Ernst H ^b   Plunkett, Richard W ^a  

^a Beutner Labs Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELIAC DISEASE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLUTEN; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33750803931     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.02.062     Document Type: Letter

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