Immunoblotting detection of gamma-catenin (plakoglobin) antibody in the serum of a patient with paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Ishii, M; Izumi, J; Fujiwara, H; Ito, M; Hamada, M · Br J Dermatol · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a patient with paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with a thymic tumour. Immunoblot study using affinity-purified gamma-catenin protein revealed that his serum recognized gamma-catenin (plakoglobin) in epidermal, thymic tumour and mouse bladder extracts.

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