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Clearance rates of circulating and tissue-bound autoantibodies to type VII collagen in experimental epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 May 2010
Kasperkiewicz M, Hirose M, Recke A, Schmidt E, Zillikens D, Ludwig R J
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BACKGROUND: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is a severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by autoantibodies to type VII collagen, the major component of anchoring fibrils. In this and other autoimmune bullous dermatoses, specific autoantibody detection systems are not only of diagnostic use but also allow monitoring of circulating and skin-bound autoantibodies during the course of the disease. However,...
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