Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and pityriasis lichenoides chronica: Comparison of lesional t-cell subsets and investigation of viral associations

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Kim, Jeong Eun ^a   Yun, Woo Jin ^a   Mun, Seog Kyun ^b   Yoon, Ghil Suk ^c   Huh, Jooryung ^a   Choi, Jee Ho ^a   Chang, Sungeun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FOXP3; human herpesvirus 8 (HHV 8); pityriasis lichenoides; regulatory T cells (T reg)

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960560733     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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