Bullous pemphigoid: A prototypical antibody-mediated organ-specific autoimmune disease

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 822-824

  Sitaru, Cassian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BP180 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; FC RECEPTOR; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; KERATINOCYTE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 63149143895     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.12     Document Type: Note

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