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Mucous membrane pemphigoid with severe stricture of the esophagus mediated by IgG and IgA autoantibodies to LAD-1

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Immunodermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Koszykowa 82a, 02-008, Warszawa, Poland

    Beata Jakubowska, Cezary Kowalewski, Agnieszka Kalinska-Bienias & Katarzyna Wozniak

  2. Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    Norito Ishii & Takashi Hashimoto

  3. Department of General Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Koszykowa 82a, 02-008, Warszawa, Poland

    Mariusz Fraczek

  4. Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

    Mariusz Fraczek

  5. Department of General Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Warsaw, Koszykowa 82a, 02-008, Warszawa, Poland

    Jacek Sobocki

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Jakubowska, B., Kowalewski, C., Ishii, N. et al. Mucous membrane pemphigoid with severe stricture of the esophagus mediated by IgG and IgA autoantibodies to LAD-1. Eur J Dermatol 25, 510–512 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2015.2668

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