First histopathological and immunophenotypic analysis of early dynamic events in a patient with segmental vitiligo associated with halo nevi

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-384

  Van Geel, Nanja A C ^a   Mollet, Ilse G ^a   De Schepper, Sofie ^a   Tjin, Esther P M ^b   Vermaelen, Karim ^a   Clark, Rachael A ^c   Kupper, Thomas S ^c   Luiten, Rosalie M ^b   Lambert, Jo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiopathogenesis; Halo nevi; Histopathology; Melanocyte; Segmental vitiligo; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; HLA ANTIGEN; MELAN A; TETRAMER; TYROSINE;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HALO NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; VITILIGO;

ANTIGENS; BIOPSY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, HALO; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; VITILIGO;

EID: 77952572223     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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