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Complement allotypes in Japanese patients with pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid.
Dermatologica - 1 Jan 1991
Nishimukai H, Shiraishi S, Shirakata Y, Sayama K, Shinomiya T, Miki Y
Abstract excerpt
The allotypes of C6, C7, factor B (BF) and factor I (IF) of the human complement system were studied in 11 Japanese patients with pemphigus (5 with pemphigus vulgaris and 6 with pemphigus foliaceus) and 17 with bullous pemphigoid (BP) to investigate the genetic background of these diseases. The allotypes were detected by using isoelectric focusing and immunoblotting. The frequency for IF*A allele in the pemphigus...
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