Localized pemphigoid (Brunsting-Perry type) with IgG antibody to BP180 NC16a domain resembling lupus erytematosus successfully treated with topical tacrolimus therapy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-80

  Demitsu, T ^a   Kakurai, M ^b   Yoneda, K ^b   Iida, E ^b   Takada, M ^b   Hiratsuka, Y ^b   Suzuki, M ^b   Yamada, T ^b   Ohyama, B ^b   Hashimoto, T ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BP180 NC16A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRUNSTING PERRY TYPE PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 57649158176     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02702.x     Document Type: Letter

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