Multiparameter flow cytometry as a tool to evaluate antipsoriatic therapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-375

  Glade, C P ^a   Van Erp, P E J ^a   Boezeman, J B M ^a   Van De Kerkhof, P C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CALCIPOTRIOL; CLOBETASOL; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE; COLECALCIFEROL DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA; FLUOROCHROME; KERATIN; TACALCITOL; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030863045     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03740.x     Document Type: Article

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