Biochemical and histochemical changes pertaining to active and healed cutaneous tuberculosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 977-982

  Jayasankar, K ^a   Shakila, H ^a   Umapathy, K C ^a   Ramanathan, V D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Collagen; Cutaneous tuberculosis; Elastin; Fibronectin; Fibrosis; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; ZINC;

EID: 0036065078     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04784.x     Document Type: Article

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