Blindness due to the IgA variant of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, and treatment with osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis [16]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 775-777

  Cox, N H ^a   Bearn, M A ^a   Herold, J ^b   Ainsworth, G ^c   Liu, C ^c  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MITOMYCIN C; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROTEIN S 100; SULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLINDNESS; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A VARIANT EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OSTEO ODONTO KERATOPROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLINDNESS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947434130     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07739.x     Document Type: Letter

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