Density and fine structure of peripheral nerves in various skin lesions of atopic dermatitis

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Sugiura, Hisashi ^a   Omoto, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Hirota, Yusuke ^a   Danno, Kiichiro ^a   Uehara, Masami ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Electron microscopy; Peripheral nerve; Protein gene product; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SUBSTANCE P; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0031037930     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050167     Document Type: Article

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