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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2011

Analysis of the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate.

Damaris G Ortolan, Danielle P G Souza, Valéria Aoki, Claudia G Santi, Tatiana V B Gabbi, Ligia M F Ichimura, Celina W Maruta

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Damaris G OrtolanDepartment of Dermatology, São Paulo, Brazil.
Danielle P G Souza
Valéria Aoki
Claudia G Santi
Tatiana V B Gabbi
Ligia M F Ichimura
Celina W Maruta
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRMicrosoft (Brazil) · BR

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objectivesTo evaluate the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris from the Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.

methodsThirty-two patients (8 male and 24 female) from the Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, were selected. Three had mucosal pemphigus vulgaris, 20 had mucocutaneous pemphigus vulgaris, and 9 had pemphigus foliaceus. Patients' sera were tested by indirect immunofluorescence performed on human foreskin and rat bladder epithelium and by ELISA assays utilizing baculovirus-expressed recombinant desmoglein 3 and desmoglein 1.

resultsNo patients with mucosal pemphigus vulgaris, 5 of 20 patients with mucocutaneous pemphigus vulgaris (25%) and 4 of 9 patients with pemphigus foliaceus (44%) had positive indirect immunofluorescence using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate.

conclusionIndirect immunofluorescence using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate is recommended whenever a diagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus is considered. The identification of a subset of pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris patients that recognizes desmoplakins by this laboratory tool is critical to avoid the misdiagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus.

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AdultAgedAnimalsAutoantibodiesDesmoglein 1Desmoglein 3Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansMaleMiddle AgedPemphigusRatsSensitivity and SpecificityUrinary BladderAutoantibodiesDesmoglein 1Desmoglein 3

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