Smaller desmosomes are seen in the skin of pemphigus patients with anti-desmoglein 1 antibodies but not in patients with anti-desmoglein 3 antibodies

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2287-2290

  Van Der Wier, Gerda ^a   Pas, Hendri H ^a   Kramer, Duco ^a   Diercks, Gilles F H ^a   Jonkman, Marcel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ANTIGEN BINDING; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN;

EID: 84904469352     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.140     Document Type: Letter

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