title: ELISA instead of indirect IF in patients with BP: Comment on "Usefulness of BP230 and BP180-NC16a enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in the initial diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid".
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. larrycha@uic.edu
authors.forename: Lawrence S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D003880:Dermatology / Q000379:methods; D000071821:Dystonin; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens / Q000276:immunology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII; C486268:DST protein, human