Histometric data obtained by in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy in patients with systemic sclerosis

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Sauermann, Kirsten ^a,b   Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Jaspers, Sören ^b   Radenhausen, Michael ^a   Rapp, Solveig ^a   Reich, Susanne ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Clemann, Sven ^a   Teichmann, Stefan ^b   Ennen, Joachim ^b   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLLAGEN; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PUVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN FIBROSIS; STAGING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 2942537901     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-8     Document Type: Article

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