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Expression of toll-like receptor 9 in lichen planus in relation to human herpes virus 7 /

Mona Elsayed Ahmed

Expression of toll-like receptor 9 in lichen planus in relation to human herpes virus 7 / قياس مستقبلات شبيهة تول ٩ و علاقته بفيروس هيومان هيربس ٧ في مرض الحزاز الجلدي Mona Elsayed Ahmed ; Supervised Omar Ahmed Azzam , Marwa Mohsen Tolba Fawzi , Abdelaziz Elrifaei - Cairo : Mona Elsayed Ahmed , 2011 - 138 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Dermatology and Venerology

Lichen planus in an inflammatory disease of skin and oral mucosa. Evidence has accumulated that cytotoxic CD8+ve T lymphocytes recognize an antigen on lesional keratinocytes and lyse them. Many authors considered human herpes virus-7 (HHV-7) as a possible antigen for inducing cytotoxic immune response in lichen planus



Human herpes virus-7 Lichen planus Polymerase chain reaction