Childhood vulval lichen sclerosus: Autoimmunity to the basement membrane zone protein BP180 and its relationship to autoimmunity: Experimental dermatology

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-545

  Baldo, M ^a   Bhogal, B ^b   Groves, R W ^b   Powell, J ^a   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEDIGREE; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953346766     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03827.x     Document Type: Article

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