Role of endothelin-1 in hyperpigmentation in seborrhoeic keratosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 918-923

  Teraki, E ^a   Tajima, S ^a   Manaka, I ^a   Kawashima, M ^a   Miyagishi, M ^b   Imokawa, G ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0029908282     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-1095.x     Document Type: Article

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