Human eyelid meibomian glands and tarsal muscle are recognized by autoantibodies from patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El-Bagre, Colombia, South America

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-447

  Abreu Velez, Ana Maria ^a   Howard, Michael S ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^c  

^a Georgia Dermatopathology Associates   (United States)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; endemic pemphigus foliaceus; meibomian glands; tarsal muscle

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALBUMIN; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; ANTISERUM; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DESMOGLEIN 1; FIBRINOGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KI 67 ANTIGEN; VANADATE SODIUM;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE PLATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; EYE INJURY; EYELID; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AMERICA; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TARSAL BONE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; EYE DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 76349118075     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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