Desmosome splitting is a primary ultrastructural change in the acantholysis of pemphigus

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-61

  Wang, Wenqing ^a,b   Amagai, Masayuki ^b   Ishiko, Akira ^b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADULT; DESMOSOMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 60749113371     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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