The use of C3d and C4d immunohistochemistry on formalin-fixed tissue as a diagnostic adjunct in the assessment of inflammatory skin disease

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 822-833

  Magro, Cynthia M ^a   Dyrsen, Molly E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5B; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYCHONDRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URTICARIA;

COLLAGEN DISEASES; COMPLEMENT C3D; COMPLEMENT C4B; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PEMPHIGUS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 53349141014     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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