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Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita sera react with distinct epitopes on the NC1 and NC2 domains of type VII collagen: study using immunoblotting of domain-specific recombinant proteins and postembedding immunoelectron microscopy

Norito Ishii, Minoru Yoshida, Y. Hisamatsu, Akemi Ishida‐Yamamoto, Hiroshi Nakane, H. Iizuka, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takashi Hashimoto

British Journal of Dermatology · 2004 · 91 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

This study clearly identified the presence of epitopes in the NC2 domain, and showed that the epitope in the NC1 domain is present in the lamina densa and that the epitope in the NC2 domain is in the dermis below the lamina densa.

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