1. NEGATIVE COMPLEMENT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE IN PEMPHIGUS.
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Jordon, Robert E., Sams Jr, W. Mitchell, Diaz, Gustavo, and Beutner, Ernst H.
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IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE , *STAINS & staining (Microscopy) , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *PATIENTS , *PEMPHIGUS , *ANTIGENS , *AUTOIMMUNITY - Abstract
The indirect immunofluorescent (IF) staining method has firmly established the presence of antiepithelial autoantibodies in the sera of patients with pemphigus. These antibodies, which are reactive with intercellular substance (ICS) of stratified squamous epithelia, occur in all forms of true pemphigus, including pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, pemphigus erythematosus, pemphigus vegetans and Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus or fogo selvagem. As such, the test represents a valuable diagnostic procedure. Past immunohistologic investigations, using direct IF staining, have revealed IgG bound in vivo to the ICS areas in virtually all skin lesions from pemphigus patients examined to date.
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- 1971
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