Bcl-2 expression in dermal lymphocytes in lichen planus and psoriasis vulgaris

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 640-642

  Bal, N ^a   Tuncer, I ^a   Baba, M ^a   Bolat, F ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; STREPTAVIDIN;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMIS; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PSORIASIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 42149182351     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02434.x     Document Type: Letter

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