The distribution of choline acetyltransferase- and acetylcholinesterase- like immunoreactivity in the palmar skin of patients with palmoplantar pustulosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-242

  Hagforsen, E ^b   Einarsson, A ^a,b   Aronsson, F ^a,b   Nordlind, K ^b   Michaëlsson, Gerd ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Choline acetyltransferase; Granulocytes; Mast cells; Palmoplantar pustulosis; Sweat gland apparatus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; SMOKING; SWEAT GLAND; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; FOOT; GRANULOCYTES; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SMOKING; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 0034000979     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03290.x     Document Type: Article

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