Sera from patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) associated with neurological diseases recognized BP antigen 1 in the skin and brain

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1343-1345

  Li, L ^a   Chen, J ^a   Wang, B ^a   Yao, Y ^a   Zuo, Y ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; Immunoblot; Neurological diseases

Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN;

EID: 66149130344     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09122.x     Document Type: Letter

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