The value of direct immunofluorescence as a diagnostic aid in dermatomyositis - A study of 35 cases

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Vaughan Jones, S A ^a   Black, M M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 8544276608     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb02624.x     Document Type: Article

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