Characteristic immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings indicate that Kindler's syndrome is an apoptotic skin disorder

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 553-560

  Lanschuetzer, C M ^a   Muss, W H ^a   Emberger, M ^a   Pohla Gubo, G ^a   Klausegger, A ^a   Bauer, J W ^a   Hintner, Helmut ^a,b  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

^b Landeskliniken Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 4 ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COLLAGEN TYPE 7 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; KALININ; KALININ ANTIBODY; KERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; EVALUATION; FIBER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; KINDLER SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTEGRINS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141993502     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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