Demonstration of epitope-spreading phenomena in bullous pemphigoid: Results of a prospective multicenter study

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2271-2280

  Di Zenzo, Giovanni ^a   Thoma Uszynski, Sybille ^b   Calabresi, Valentina ^a   Fontao, Lionel ^c   Hofmann, Silke C ^d   Lacour, Jean Philippe ^e   Sera, Francesco ^f   Bruckner Tuderman, Leena ^d   Zambruno, Giovanna ^a   Borradori, Luca ^g   Hertl, Michael ^b,h  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 80054767012     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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