Prevalence of Skin-specific Autoantibodies in HIV-infected Patients and Uninfected Controls

• Main Authors: Veronique Touzeau-Roemer (Author), Michael Skoll (Author), Pooja Tajpara (Author), Philip Kienzl (Author), Antonia Wesinger (Author), Simona Saluzzo (Author), Martin Bauer (Author), Maximilian C. Aichelburg (Author), Christine Bangert (Author), Wolfgang Bauer (Author), Georg Stingl (Author), Armin Rieger (Author), Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer (Author), Christopher Schuster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Various autoantibodies are detected more frequently in HIV-infected individuals than in HIV-negative controls; however, limited data exist regarding autoimmune blistering skin diseases. Using enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and indirect immunofluore­scence, no difference in the frequency and magni...