Your grandmother has blisters in her mouth. At first you thought that they are just canker sores, but now they have spread to her scalp! She has always been so proud of her looks and is upset. These are huge blisters, bigger than 1 cm in diameter, and they burst easily. In making a diagnosis, for what should her physician look?
A) a skin biopsy by direct immunofluorescence
B) indirect enzyme immunoassay
C) a skin biopsy by indirect immunofluorescence
D) A or B
E) A or C
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Q11: Another student has an odd-looking blistery rash
Q12: ANCA
A)stands for antinuclear and cytoplasmic antibodies
B)stands for
Q13: What should you look for to determine
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Q16: Dry eyes and mouth are symptoms of
Q17: ANCA is found in
A)type 1 diabetes
B)Hashimoto's disease
C)SLE
D)Wegener's
Q18: How should the patient in question 1
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Q20: Of two different autoimmune diseases of the
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