Molecular analysis of vitiligo lesions reveals sporadic melanocyte survival

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-272

  Gottschalk, G M ^a,b   Kidson, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MARKER GENE; MELANOCYTE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; VITILIGO;

EID: 33847774006     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03000.x     Document Type: Article

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