Serological studies in bullous pemphigoid: A literature review of antibody titers at presentation and in clinical remission

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Leuci, Stefania ^a   Gürcan, Hakan M ^b   Ahmed, A Razzaque ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti basement membrane zone antibodies; Bullous pemphigoid; Clinical correlation; ELISA; Indirect immunofluorescence; Remission

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NICOTINAMIDE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950238280     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0819     Document Type: Review

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