Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis: Report of four Japanese cases and an immunohistochemical study of elastin and fibrillin-1

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-144

  Ohnishi, Y ^a   Tajima, S ^a   Ishibashi, A ^a   Inazumi, T ^b   Sasaki, T ^c   Sakamoto, H ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOLYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; SKIN;

EID: 0031868975     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02332.x     Document Type: Article

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