Immunofluorescence mapping for the diagnosis of epidermolysis bullosa

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-210

  Pohla Gubo, Gabriela ^a   Cepeda Valdes, Rodrigo ^b   Hintner, Helmut ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ESCUELA DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Classification of subtypes; Epidermolysis bullosa; Immunofluorescence mapping

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; ANTIBODY; BETA4 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; KALININ; PLECTIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STAINING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77952527039     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2009.12.005     Document Type: Review

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