Occurrence and distribution of peptidergic nerve fibers in skin biopsies from patients with systemic sclerosis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-128

  Wallengren, Joanna ^a,b   Åkesson, Anita ^a   Scheja, Agneta ^a   Sundler, Frank ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

calcitonin gene related peptide; neuropeptide Y; substance P

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0029865650     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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