Could matrix melalloproteinase-9 be a link between Demodex folliculorum and rosacea? [7]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 646-647

  Bonamigo, R R ^a,c   Bakos, L ^a   Edelweiss, M ^b   Cartellt, A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMODEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROSACEA; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MITE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PROGNOSIS; ROSACEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28544445971     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01221.x     Document Type: Letter

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