Hyperpigmentation of human skin grafted on to athymic nude mice: Immunohistochemical study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 412-418

  Matsumoto, K ^a,c   Robb, E ^b   Warden, G ^b   Nordlund, J ^c  

^a POLA Laboratories   (Japan)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 0029818098     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01505.x     Document Type: Article

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