Volume 9, Issue 1 pp. 36-41
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Circulating basement membrane zone antibodies in eczema

M.G. DAVIES

M.G. DAVIES

Department of Dermatology, St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BJ

Department of Dermatology, Greenbank Hospital, Plymouth PL4 8NN, Devon.

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A.C. PEMBROKE

A.C. PEMBROKE

Department of Dermatology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS

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B. BHOGAL

B. BHOGAL

Department of Immunology, St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BJ

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E. DAVIES

E. DAVIES

Department of Clinical Immunology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS

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D. VERGANI

D. VERGANI

Department of Clinical Immunology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS

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First published: January 1984
Citations: 2

Summary

Two adult women are presented who had high titres of circulating basement membrane zone antibodies and yet had the clinical and histological features of eczema. The direct immunofluorescence was negative or only weakly positive. The theoretical and practical implications of the immunofluorescence findings are discussed.

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