Palm tissue displaying a polyclonal autoimmune response in patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in Colombia, South America

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-81

  Abreu Velez, Ana Maria ^a   Howard, Michael S ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a Georgia Dermatopathology Associates   (United States)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Nerves; Palms; Pemphigus; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1 ANTIBODY; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE A; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; HAND EDEMA; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PUSTULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALBUMINS; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLOMBIA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FIBRINOGEN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN;

EID: 76749140357     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0834     Document Type: Article

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