LEKTI demonstrable by immunohistochemistry of the skin: A potential diagnostic skin test for Netherton syndrome

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1253-1257

  Ong, Christina ^a,c   O'Toole, E A ^b   Ghali, L ^b   Malone, M ^a   Smith, V V ^a   Callard, R ^a   Harper, J I ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LEKTI; Netherton syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEKTI PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDERMIS GRANULAR LAYER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NETHERTON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN TEST; SPINK 5 GENE; STOP CODON;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA, CONGENITAL; ICHTHYOSIS, LAMELLAR; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PSORIASIS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 11144294679     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06180.x     Document Type: Article

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