The response of normal human skin to single and repeated applications of dithranol cream: An immunohistochemical assessment

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 262-269

  Swinkels, O Q J ^a   Prins, M ^a   Birker, L W J ^a   Gerritsen, M J P ^a   Van Der Valk, P G M ^a   Van De Kerkhof, P C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Dithranol; Healthy volunteers; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

DITHRANOL; DRUG METABOLITE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; FILAGGRIN; INVOLUCRIN; PROFILAGGRIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; XEROSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTHRALIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0036380510     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065972     Document Type: Article

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