Psoriatic plaques exhibit red autofluorescence that is due to protoporphyrin IX

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 586-591

  Bissonette, Robert ^a   Zeng, Haishan ^b   McLean, David I ^a   Schreiber, William E ^a   Roscoe, Diane L ^a   Lui, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Psoriasis; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HEME SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFLUOROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0031710606     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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