Altered cytokeratin expression in lichen planus [7]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-236

  Gurbuz Y ^a   Apaydin, R ^a   Muezzinoglu B ^a   Bilen, N ^a   Ozkara S K ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037360515     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00577_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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