A case of linear IgA disease in a child with IgA and IgG circulating antibodies directed to BPAg2

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1302-1304

  Viglizzo, Gianmaria ^b   Cozzani, Emanuele ^a   Nozza, Paolo ^b   Occella, Corrado ^a   Parodi, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 2; DAPSONE; FIBRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DISEASE; MONKEY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEROLOGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 37549033857     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03317.x     Document Type: Article

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