Mucous membrane pemphigoid: Are laminin 5 antibodies a risk factor for laryngeal involvement?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Shipman, A R ^a   Ali, I ^c   Murrell, D F ^b   Wojnarowska, F ^c  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; KALININ; MINOCYCLINE; MITOMYCIN C; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58449123807     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02921.x     Document Type: Letter

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