Immunologic aspects of dermal and oral lichen planus: A review

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-366

  Porter, S R ^a   Kirby, Alun ^a   Olsen, Irwin ^a   Barrett, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENDRITIC CELL; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031087836     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90244-4     Document Type: Review

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