The basement membrane zone and dermal extracellular matrix in erosive lichen planus of the vulva: An immunohistochemical study demonstrating altered expression of hemidesmosome components and anchoring fibrils

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-281

  Cooper, S M ^a   Prenter, A ^a   Allen, J ^a   Dean, D ^a   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 180; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; EPITOPE; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEMIDESMOSOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; VULVA DISEASE;

AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEMIDESMOSOMES; HUMANS; LAMININ; LICHEN PLANUS; SKIN; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 17444400038     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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