Tissue estimation of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) expression and apoptosis in vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 911-917

  Aroni, Kyriaki ^a   Grapsa, Antonia ^a   Lazaris, Andreas C ^a,b   Kavantzas, Nikolaos ^a   Kordosis, Theodoros ^a   Patsouris, Efstratios S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50149099178     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03723.x     Document Type: Article

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