Epidermal apoptotic cell death in erythema multiforme and Stevens- Johnson syndrome: Contribution of perforin-positive cell infiltration

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 845-849

  Inachi, Shin ^a   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a   Shimizu, Masayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PERFORIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0030754608     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.7.845     Document Type: Article

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