Single dose radiation is more effetive for the UV-induced activation and proliferation of melanocytes than fractionated dose radiation

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 266-271

  An, H T ^a   Yoo, J Y ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Shin, M H ^a   Rhie, G E ^a   Seo, J Y ^a   Chung, J H ^a   Eun, H C ^a   Cho, K H ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Melanocytes; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

DOPA; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SILVER STAINING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIVISION; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ERYTHEMA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035161797     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2001.170604.x     Document Type: Article

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