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Correlation of circulating intercellular antibody titres in pemphigus with disease activity
Author(s) -
CRESWELL SANDRA N.,
BLACK MARTIN M.,
BHOGAL BALBIR,
SKEETET MAUREEN V.H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1981.tb02338.x
Subject(s) - pemphigus , antibody , disease , medicine , immunology , correlation , titer , autoantibody , geometry , mathematics
Summary Twenty‐one cases of pemphigus were studied regarding the correlation of disease activity and titre of circulating intercellular antibodies. The correlation was good in six, poor in seven, and fairly good in eight. There was a tendency for antibody titres to parallel disease activity, but in general we found it of little value in clinical management as a guide to therapy or predicting clinical relapses.