Isolated NC16a-ELISA testing is of little value to identify bullous pemphigoid in elderly patients with chronic pruritus

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 634-635

  Hofmann, Silke C ^a   Otto, Claudia ^a   Brucknertuderman, Leena ^a   Borradori, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; PRURITUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRURITUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73249137105     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2009.0768     Document Type: Letter

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