Apolipoprotein E is present in primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-421

  Furumoto, Hiroko ^a   Shimizu, Takahiro ^a   Asagami, Chidori ^a   Muto, Masahiko ^a   Takahashi, Mutsuo ^a   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^a   Ishihara, Tokuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Immunogold electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0031665253     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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