title: Circulating anti-BP180 NC16a and anti-BP230 autoantibodies in patients with genital lichen sclerosus do not correlate with disease activity and pruritus.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Dermatology Department, Aristotle University School of Medicine, GR-57500 Thessaloniki,, Greece.
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patsatsi
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kyriakou
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vavilis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patsialas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sotiriadis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D000071821:Dystonin; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens / Q000276:immunology*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D015415:Biomarkers; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII; C486268:DST protein, human