Discovery of a patient with strongly suspected bullous pemphigoid in a ward by oral health care providers

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Kanda, N ^a,b   Soga, Y ^a,b   Meguro, M ^a,b   Tanabe, A ^a   Yagi, Y ^a   Himuro, Y ^a   Fujiwara, Y ^a   Takashiba, S ^b   Kobayashi, N ^a  

^a Mannari Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; Discover; Oral care

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; NONFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENTAL FINDING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INPATIENTS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 80052096657     PISSN: 16015029     EISSN: 16015037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2010.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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