Two patterns of solar lentigines: A histopathological analysis of 40 Japanese women

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 829-832

  Yonei, Nozomi ^a   Kaminaka, Chikako ^a   Kimura, Ayako ^a   Furukawa, Fukumi ^a   Yamamoto, Yuki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

histopathology; Japanese women; Langerhans cell; melanocyte; solar lentigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOSIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAPANESE; LANGERHANS CELL; LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOLAR LENTIGO; STAINING; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; LENTIGO; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN AGING;

EID: 84867102449     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2012.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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