Autoreactivity to bullous pemphigoid 180: Is this the link between subepidermal blistering diseases and oral lichen planus?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-269

  Shipman, A R ^a   Cooper, S ^b   Wojnarowska, F ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 180 ANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID 180 ANTIGEN; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1 ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLLAGEN DERIVATIVE; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MINOCYCLINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LICHEN PLANUS; LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DISEASE; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 79952794165     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03878.x     Document Type: Article

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