Parallel fluctuation of anti-desmoglein 3 and anti-BP180 autoantibody titres in a patient with bullous pemphigoid

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 608-611

  Takahashi, H ^a   Anzai, H ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Tanikawa, A ^a   Amagai, M ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BP180 ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOGLEIN 3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHIL SPONGIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREGULATION; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBEPIDERMAL BLISTER;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 9644272283     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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