The subepidermal immunobullous diseases bullous pemphigoid (BP), cicatricial pemphigoid (CP), pemphigoid gestationis (PG) and linear IgA disease (LAD) are characterized by circulating and in vivo deposition of antibodies to antigens in the cutaneous basement membrane zone (BMZ). Indirect immunofluor
A complicated blistering disease case demonstrating the usefulness of immunoblotting and ELISA for the diagnosis of immunobullous diseases
โ Scribed by Linda Martin; Adam Rubin; Kim Tran; Hendri Pas; Penelope Marr; John Edmonds; Dedee Murrell
- Book ID
- 108928639
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-8380
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