Sensitivity of direct immunofluorescence in oral diseases. Study of 125 cases

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Sano, Susana Mariela ^a   Quarracino, María Cecilia ^a   Aguas, Silvia Cristina ^a   González, Ernestina Jesús ^a   Harada, Laura ^a   Krupitzki, Hugo ^b   Mordoh, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Dirección de Investigación CEMIC

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cicatricial pemphigoid; Direct immunofluorescence; Oral lichen planus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; ORAL BIOPSY; PEMPHIGUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; PEMPHIGUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45549105787     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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