Using immunofluorescence (antigen) mapping in the diagnosis and classification of epidermolysis bullosa: A first report from Iran

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e416-e423

  Barzegar, Mohammadreza ^a   Asadi Kani, Zahra ^a   Mozafari, Nikoo ^a   Vahidnezhad, Hassan ^b,c   Kariminejad, Ariana ^d   Toossi, Parviz ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Kariminejad Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STOP CODON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ANTIGEN MAPPING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; IRAN; LAMA3 GENE; LARYNGO ONYCHO CUTANEOUS SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONSENSE MUTATION; POIKILODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; BLISTER; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STOP CODON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLISTER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, NONSENSE; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRIN BETA4; IRAN; KERATIN-14; KERATIN-5; LAMININ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942085134     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12804     Document Type: Article

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