Possible role of the bulge region in the pathogenesis of inflammatory scarring alopecia: Lichen planopilaris as the prototype

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 675-679

  Mobini, Narciss ^a   Tam, Sam ^a   Kamino, Hideko ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCAR; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; ANTIGENS, CD; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LANGERHANS CELLS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 28344457650     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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