Histopathologic features in vitiligo

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Kim, You Chan ^a   Kim, Yun Jeon ^a   Kang, Hee Young ^a   Sohn, Seonghyang ^a   Lee, Eun So ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Melanocytes; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NKI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC NEVUS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FONTANA MASSON STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STAINING; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITILIGO;

EID: 41149161604     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181651511     Document Type: Article

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