Desmosomes and disease

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1159-1168

  Chidgey, M A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Desmocollin; Desmoglein; Desmosome; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN;

CANCER INVASION; DESMOSOME; GENE MUTATION; KERATODERMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BLISTER; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL;

PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0030764088     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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