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[Immunoelectron microscopy in dermatology].

Abstract

The principle of immunoelectronmicroscopic studies using horseradish perpoxidase is described. This method, especially the peroxidase-antiperoxidase multistep technique, reveals more details about the exact localization of immunophenomena in different dermatological diseases. The results of immunological investigations performed on the ultra-structural level in bullous diseases, lupus erythermatosus, vasculitis, and psoriasis are summarized and compared with the immunofluorescent and classical electromicroscopic findings.

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W Maciejewski, H H Wolff, C Schmoeckel. 1978. [Immunoelectron microscopy in dermatology].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/348650/

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