The association of multiple sclerosis with bullous pemphigoid: Is there a shared antigen response?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-161

  Taghipour, Kathy ^a,b   Kirtschig, Gudula ^c   Palace, Jacqueline ^d   Groves, Richard W ^b   Venning, Vanessa ^a   Wojnarowska, Fenella ^d  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862283071     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

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