Alterations of Basement Membrane Zone in Bullous and Non-Bullous Variants of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-101

  Kowalewski, Cezary ^a   Kozłowska, Anna ^a   Zawadzka, Marta ^a   Woźniak, Katarzyna ^a   Błaszczyk, Maria ^a   Jabłońska, Stefania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basement membrane zone; Graft versus host disease; IF mapping technique; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Lichen sclerosus

Indexed keywords

BETA4 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MORPHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 1842457805     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200404000-00002     Document Type: Article

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