Letter: Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in patients with pemphigus vulgaris: Correlation with disease extent at the time of diagnosis and during follow-up

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Tirado Sánchez, Andrés ^a,b   Vázquez González, Denisse ^b   Ponce Olivera, Rosa María ^b   López Lozano, Héctor Eduardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3 ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DESMOGLEIN 3;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; DESMOGLEIN 3; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 84862649402     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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