Basement membrane zone and dermal extracellular matrix of the vulva, vagina and amnion: An immunohistochemical study with comparison with non-reproductive epithelium

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Chi, Ching Chi ^a,b   Wang, Shu Hui ^a   Prenter, Andrew ^a   Cooper, Susan ^a   Wojnarowska, Fenella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

amnion; basement membrane zone; extracellular matrix; vagina; vulva

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; VAGINA; VULVA;

AMNION; ANTIGENS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMIDESMOSOMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN; TENASCIN; VAGINA; VULVA;

EID: 78649254469     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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