Atypical pemphigus with exclusively antidesmocollin 3-specific IgG antibodies

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 560-562

  Hatano, Yutaka ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^b   Fukuda, Shunpei ^b   Ishikawa, Kazushi ^a   Goto, Mizuki ^a   Kai, Yoshitaka ^a   Takeo, Naoko ^a   Okamoto, Osamu ^a   Fujiwara, Sakuhei ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOCOLLIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL PEMPHIGUS; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN COS7; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PEMPHIGUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; DESMOCOLLINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 84865350066     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1762     Document Type: Article

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