Unexpected diminished innervation of epidermis and dermoepidermal junction in lichen amyloidosus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-406

  Maddison, B ^a   Namazi, M R ^c   Samuel, L S ^c   Sanchez, J ^c   Pichardo, R ^c   Stocks, J ^b   Maruziva, D ^a   Yosipovitch, G ^c  

^a Life Science   (United Kingdom)

^b Statistics Group   (United Kingdom)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lichen amyloidosus; Nerve fibre density; Pruritus; Skin innervation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN AMYLOIDOSUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURODERMATITIS; SKIN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 47549098275     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08685.x     Document Type: Article

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