Substance P may play a part during depigmentation in vitiligo. A pilot study [6]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-356

  Falabella, R ^a   Barona, M I ^a   Echeverri, I C ^a   Alzate, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPIGMENTATION; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; VITILIGO;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; SUBSTANCE P; VITILIGO;

EID: 0038056190     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00792_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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