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Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and primary biliary cirrhosis Volume 7, numéro 8, December 1997

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  • Page(s) : 584-6
  • Année de parution : 1997

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is an autoimmune blistering disease characterized by subepidermal bullae and circulating and tissue-bound IgG autoantithe bodies directed against the sub-lamina densa zone of the epidermal basement membrane [1]. Autoantibodies in patients with EBA have been shown to react with type VII collagen, a major component of anchoring fibrils [1, 2]. Recent studies have shown that immunodominant epitopes [...]