Direct immunofluorescence diagnosis of pemphigus without biopsy

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-211

  Feliciani, Claudio ^a,b   Mohammad Pour, Saman ^a   Toto, Paola ^a   Coscione, Giulia ^a   Amerio, Paolo ^a   Amerio, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SS Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KERATINOCYTE; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUCTION;

EID: 7144256220     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549800200406     Document Type: Article

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