Anti-desmoglein 1 antibodies in healthy related and unrelated subjects and patients with pemphigus foliaceus in endemic and non-endemic areas from Tunisia

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1073-1078

  Abida, O ^a   Kallel Sellami, M ^b   Joly, P ^c   Ben Ayed, M ^a   Zitouni, M ^b   Masmoudi, A ^d   Mokni, M ^b   Fezzaa, B ^e   Ben Osman, A ^b   Kammoun, M R ^e   Gilbert, D ^d   Turki, H ^d   Tron, F ^f   Masmoudi, H ^a   Makni, S ^b  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^d HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^f faculté mixte de médecine et de pharmacie de Rouen   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Desmoglein 1; Endemic; Pemphigus foliaceus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; TUNISIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DESMOGLEINS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

EID: 68749098682     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03265.x     Document Type: Article

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