Differentiating antiepiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid from epidermolysis bullosa acquisita by indirect immunofluorescence of skin substrates lacking Type VII collagen or laminin 332: a case report and review of literature

Antiepiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid (AECP) is a chronic autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease characterized by clinical features of cicatricial pemphigoid and circulating IgG antibasement membrane autoantibodies directed against laminin 332. There is growing evidence of an increased relative r...

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Main Authors: Chih-Pin Chen, Richard Plunkett, Raminder Grover, Song-Jen Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-06-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000334