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Immunoglobulin and complement deposits in the skin in inflammatory facial dermatoses—an immunofluorescence study
Author(s) -
ABELL E.,
BLACK M. M.,
MARKS R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb12897.x
Subject(s) - immunofluorescence , rosacea , antibody , medicine , pathology , direct fluorescent antibody , basement membrane , immunoglobulin g , immunoglobulin a , immunoglobulin m , indirect immunofluorescence , dermatology , complement (music) , lupus erythematosus , biopsy , immunology , chemistry , biochemistry , complementation , acne , gene , phenotype
SUMMARY Biopsy material from ninety‐one cases of inflammatory facial dermatoses was stained by the direct immunofluorescence method. The presence of immunoglobulins and complement in a distinct basement membrane band was seen only in lupus erythematosus. Negative results were found in thirty five cases of rosacea.