Increased sensitivity to peroxidative agents as a possible pathogenic factor of melanocyte damage in vitiligo

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-313

  Maresca, Vittoria ^a   Roccella, Maria ^b   Roccella, Francesca ^b   Camera, Emanuela ^a   Del Porto, Giuseppe ^b   Passi, Siro ^c   Grammatico, Paola ^b   Picardo, Mauro ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalase; Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase; Ubiquinone; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATALASE; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; FREE RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030799094     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12335801     Document Type: Article

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