Identification of the Skin Basement-Membrane Autoantigen in Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
Authors:
- David T. WoodleyDWDavid T. Woodley
- Robert A. BriggamanRBRobert A. Briggaman
- Edward J. O'KEefeEOEdward J. O'KEefe
- Alfred O. InmanAIAlfred O. Inman
- Laurinda L. QueenLQLaurinda L. Queen
- W. Ray GammonWGW. Ray Gammon
- 19 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 310 (16) , 1007-1013
Abstract
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is an acquired chronic blistering disease of the skin, in which separation of the skin occurs in the basement-membrane zone between the epidermis and the dermis. There is evidence that blistering is initiated by an immune process.Keywords
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