Autoantibodies against epidermal transglutaminase are a sensitive diagnostic marker in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis on a normal or gluten-free diet

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Rose, Christian ^a   Armbruster, Franz Paul ^b   Ruppert, Jana ^b   Igl, Bernd Wolfgang ^a   Zillikens, Detlef ^a   Shimanovich, Iakov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dermatitis herpetiformis; epidermal transglutaminase; gluten sensitive enteropathy; tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; DAPSONE; EPIDERMAL TRANSGLUTAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELIAC DISEASE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 67349280918     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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