Comparative immunophenotypic study of lichen sclerosus: Epidermotropic CD57+ lymphocytes are numerous implications for pathogenesis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-16

  Carlson, J Andrew ^a   Grabowski, Richard ^a   Chichester, Paul ^a   Paunovich, Elizabeth ^a   Malfetano, John ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD57; CD8; Lichen sclerosus; Macrophages; Reactive oxygen species; Virus

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MACROPHAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD57; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTES; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; SKIN DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033956539     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200002000-00002     Document Type: Article

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