New non-invasive method for evaluation of the stratum corneum structure in diseases with abnormal keratinization by immunofluorescence microscopy of desmoglein 1 distribution in tape-stripped samples

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 873-881

  Oyama, Zuiei ^a   Naoe, Yoshikazu ^b   Kimura, Hiroko ^b   Masunaga, Takuji ^b   Seishima, Mariko ^a   Aoyama, Yumi ^a   Kitajima, Yasuo ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cutaneous Research Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

corneodesmosome; desmoglein 1; lichen planus; psoriasis; stratum corneum; tape stripping

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1;

ADHESIVE TAPE STRIPPING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KERATINIZATION; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DESMOGLEIN 1; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SURGICAL TAPE;

EID: 77957292337     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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