Do apoptotic cells accumulate in the epidermis of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus after ultraviolet irradiation? Comment on the article by Kuhn et al [3]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3373-3374

  Reefman, Esther ^a   Limburg, Pieter C ^a   Kallenberg, Cees G M ^a   Bijl, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; EOSIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EPIDERMIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SUNBURN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

APOPTOSIS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATINOCYTES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33750324354     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22125     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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