Direct and indirect immunofluorescence for the diagnosis of bullous autoimmune diseases

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Pohla Gubo, Gabriela ^a   Hintner, Helmut ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bullous diseases; Differential diagnosis; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE BULLOUS DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 79956263644     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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