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Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: a disease of autoimmunity to type VII collagen.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Feb 1991
Gammon W R
Abstract excerpt
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is one of a group of primary blistering diseases characterized by dermal/epidermal separation at the basement membrane (BM) of stratified squamous epithelium and IgG anti-BM autoantibodies (ABM). EBA ABMs can be distinguished from IgG ABMs in all other primary blistering diseases by their reactivity with the BM matrix protein, type VII collagen (C-VII). The clinical and...
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