Increased expression of nerve growth factor receptor and neural endopeptidase in the lesional skin of melasma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1244-1250

  Bak, Hana ^b   Lee, Hyun Ju ^b   Chang, Sung Eun ^b   Choi, Jee Ho ^b   Kim, Myeung Nam ^c   Kim, Beom Joon ^a,c,d  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SKIN;

EID: 68749113019     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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