The use of chemically split tissue in the detection of circulating anti-basement membrane zone antibodies in bullous pemphigoid and cicatricial pemphigoid.
Human skin and mucous membranes were used to detect circulating auto-antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence in 20 patients with bullous pemphigoid and eight with cicatricial pemphigoid. The tissue substrate was used intact and after chemical separation through the basement membrane zone (BMZ) by...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1988
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