Some epidermolysis bullosa acquisita sera react with epitopes within the triple-helical collagenous domain as indicated by immunoelectron microscopy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1090-1093

  Ishii, N ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Ishida Yamamoto, A ^b   Fritsch, A ^c   Elfert, S ^c,d   Bruckner Tuderman, L ^c   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita; Immunoelectron microscopy; Triple helical collagenous domain; Type VII collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEFECT; DERMIS; EMBEDDING; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TRIPLE HELIX;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 64849105307     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08952.x     Document Type: Article

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