Autoimmunity to type VII collagen: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 78-84

  Woodley, David T ^a   Remington, Jennifer ^a   Chen, Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring fibrils; Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Bullous disease; Type VII collagen

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PUVA; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN FRAGILITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 39649124039     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-007-0027-6     Document Type: Review

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