Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa in association with lichen planopilaris

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Almaani, N ^b   Liu, L ^c   Perez, A ^c   Robson, A ^c   Mellerio, J E ^c   McGrath, J A ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLYCINE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COL7A1 GENE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA PRURIGINOSA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LICHEN; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LICHEN PLANUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FRAGILITY;

ALOPECIA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PRURIGO;

EID: 72549105130     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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