Aberrant suprabasal P-cadherin expression in acanthotic but not psoriatic thickened epidermis

Archives of Dermatological Research, Supplement

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Wakita, Hisashi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yuki ^c   Furukawa, Fukumi ^a,c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toyosato Hospital   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthosis; Atopic dermatitis; Epidermal structure; Prurigo nodularis; Psoriasis vulgaris

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; P CADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADHERIN P;

ACANTHOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURIGO; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURODERMATITIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL;

EID: 0037960278     PISSN: 09441948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-002-0377-0     Document Type: Article

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