Pemphigoid gestationis: Pathogenesis and clinical features

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Intong, Lizbeth R A ^a   Murrell, Dédée F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Blistering; Dermatoses; Pemphigoid gestationis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS RISK; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 79956277450     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2011.03.002     Document Type: Review

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