Lichenoid tissue reaction/interface dermatitis: Clinical and histological perspectives

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1088-1099

  Sontheimer, Richard D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DENTAL ALLOY; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EFALIZUMAB; GOLD; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEPACRINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG ERUPTION; EFFECTOR CELL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN NITIDIS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN STRIATUS; LICHENOID; LICHENOID ACTINIC KERATOSIS; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LICHENOID TISSUE REACTION INTERFACE DERMATITIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 65249168127     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.42     Document Type: Review

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