Immunoserological analyses of 55 patients with pemphigus at the Dermatological Department of Kurume University Hospital: An 11-year retrospective study (1996-2006)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1321-1322

  Ishii, Norito ^a   Maeyama, Yasuhiko ^a   Karashima, Tadashi ^a   Nakama, Takekuni ^a   Kusuhara, Masahiro ^a   Yasumoto, Shinichiro ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 57049127725     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03712.x     Document Type: Article

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