Mucous membrane pemphigoid accompanied by ovarian cancer: A case with autoantibodies solely against γ2-subunit of laminin-332

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 882-884

  Shibuya, Takashi ^a   Komatsu, Shigetsuna ^a   Takahashi, Ichiro ^a   Honma, Masaru ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Ishida Yamamoto, Akemi ^a   Kamiya, Takafumi ^b   Fukuda, Shunpei ^c   Hashimoto, Takashi ^c   Iizuka, Hajime ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; KALININ; LAMININ 332GAMMA2 ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; OVARY CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867100948     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01482.x     Document Type: Letter

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