Possible mechanisms of hypopigmentation in lichen sclerosus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Carlson, J Andrew ^a   Grabowski, Richard ^a   Mu, Xiao C ^a   Del Rosario, Arthur ^a   Malfetano, John ^a   Slominski, Andrzej ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mart 1; Melanogenesis; Postinflammatory pigment alteration; Redox; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKODERMA; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VITILIGO;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL COUNT; CICATRIX; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN; VITILIGO;

EID: 0036208111     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200204000-00001     Document Type: Article

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