Pityriasis lichenoides: A cytotoxic T-cell-mediated skin disorder. Evidence of human parvovirus B19 DNA in nine cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 531-538

  Tomasini, Dario ^a   Tomasini, Carlo F ^b   Cerri, Amilcare ^c   Sangalli, Gabriele ^a   Palmedo, Gabriele ^d   Hantschke, Markus ^d   Kutzner, Heinz ^d  

^a BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARVOVIRUS; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; SKIN CELL; SKIN DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CHILD; CLONE CELLS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 4043179807     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2004.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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