Is IgA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody a marker for patients with erythema elevatum diutinum? A further three cases demonstrating this association

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-677

  Crichlow, S M ^a   Alexandroff, A B ^a   Simpson, R C ^a   Saldanha, G ^a   Walker, S ^b   Harman, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA ELEVATUM DIUTINUM; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULITIS; BIOPSY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS, LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 79952389085     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10172.x     Document Type: Letter

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