Clinical and histopathological characteristics of pityriasis alba

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-597

  In, S I ^a   Yi, S W ^a   Kang, H Y ^a   Lee, E S ^a   Sohn, S ^b   Kim, Y C ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NKI BETEB; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CHILD; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATINOCYTES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITYRIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 66449118472     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03038.x     Document Type: Article

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