Prospective analysis of the incidence of autoimmune bullous disorders in Lower Franconia, Germany;Prospektive Untersuchung der Inzidenz blasenbildender Autoimmundermatosen in Unterfranken

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 434-439

  Bertram, Franziska ^a   Bröcker, Eva B ^a   Zillikens, Detlef ^a,b   Schmidt, Enno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Bullous pemphigoid; Dermatitis herpetiformis; Epidemiology; Linear IgA disease; Pemphigoid gestationis; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE BULLOUS DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 65349194499     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06976.x     Document Type: Article

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