Effect of PUVA therapy on melanocytes and keratinocytes in non-segmental vitiligo: Histopathological, immuno-histochemical and ultrastructural study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Anbar, Tag S ^a   El Sawy, Ashraf E ^a   Attia, Sameh K ^a   Barakat, Manal T ^a   Moftah, Noha H ^a   El Ammawy, Tarek S ^a   Abdel Rahman, Amal T ^a   El Tonsy, Mohamed H ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Keratinocytes; Melanocytes; PUVA; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

DOPA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITILIGO;

EID: 84855176278     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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