Alterated integrin expression in lichen planopilaris

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  D'Ovidio, Roberta ^a   Sgarra, Concetta ^b   Conserva, Anna ^b   Angelotti, Umberto Filippo ^b   Erriquez, Roberta ^b   Foti, Caterina ^b  

^a AIDA/Tricologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCALP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA3BETA1; INTEGRIN ALPHA6BETA4; KERATINOCYTES; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34250815125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-3-11     Document Type: Article

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