Melanocyte as a possible key cell in the pathogenesis of psoriasis vulgaris

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-256

  Brajac, Ines ^a   Kaštelan, Marija ^a   Prpić Massari, Larisa ^a   Periša, Darinka ^a   Lončarek, Karmen ^a   Malnar, Danijela ^b  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PSORIASIS;

EID: 67349084194     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.01.048     Document Type: Article

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