Serological diagnosis of autoimmune bullous skin diseases: Prospective comparison of the BIOCHIP mosaic-based indirect immunofluorescence technique with the conventional multi-step single test strategy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Various antigen-specific immunoassays are available for the serological diagnosis of autoimmune bullous diseases. However, a spectrum of different tissue-based and monovalent antigen-specific assays is required to establish the diagn...

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Main Authors: van Beek Nina, Rentzsch Kristin, Probst Christian, Komorowski Lars, Kasperkiewicz Michael, Fechner Kai, Bloecker Inga M, Zillikens Detlef, Stöcker Winfried, Schmidt Enno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Online Access:http://www.ojrd.com/content/7/1/49