Ultrastructure of acantholysis in pemphigus foliaceus re-examined from the current perspective

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1265-1271

  Van Der Wier, G ^a   Jonkman, M F ^a   Pas, H H ^a   Diercks, G F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOSOMES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870250396     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11173.x     Document Type: Review

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