Occurrence of circulating anti-bullous pemphigoid antibodies in patients with lichen sclerosus

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-370

  Gambichler, T ^a   Hoxtermann S ^a   Skrygan, M ^a   Eberz, B ^b   Regauer, S ^c   Scola, N ^a   Kreuter, A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b General Gynecology Practice   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 79751506515     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03739.x     Document Type: Letter

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