antidesmoglein

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noun

Any antibody that binds to desmoglein

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Meanings

nounantidesmoglein (plural antidesmogleins)

plural antidesmogleins

  1. immunologyAny antibody that binds to desmoglein

    Antidesmoglein antibody 1 (anti-Dsg-1) was 4.6 U/ml (Normal value < 14) and antidesmoglein antibody 3 (anti-Dsg-3) was 6.62 U/ml (normal value < 7) detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

    2015, Yasmeen Khatib et al., “Pemphigoid Vegetans in Childhood: A Case Report and Short Review of Literature”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI

Origin

From anti- + desmoglein.

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