Transition from pemphigus foliaceus to bullous pemphigoid: Intermolecular B-cell epitope spreading without IgG subclass shifting

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-336

  Recke, Andreas ^a   Rose, Christian ^a,b   Schmidt, Enno ^a,b   Bröcker, Eva Bettina ^b   Zillikens, Detlef ^a,b   Sitaru, Cassian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 180 ANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 230 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DESMOSOME; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMIDESMOSOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650113977     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.10.061     Document Type: Article

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