Increased expression of laminin 1 in the skin of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

European Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 215-220

  Ono, Seiitsu ^a   Imai, Takashi ^b   Shimizu, Natsue ^a   Nagao, Koichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Chiba Higashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Immunohistochemistry; Laminin; Skin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 0034063520     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008178     Document Type: Article

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