Acquired dermal melanocytosis induced by psoralen plus ultraviolet a therapy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 691-692

  Nagase, Kotaro ^a   Hirashima, Noriyuki ^a   Koba, Shinichi ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FICUSIN; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PUVA THERAPY; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84867764636     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1282     Document Type: Letter

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