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Increase of epidermal calmodulin precedes the formation of a psoriatic lesion

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  1. Clinic and Policlinic of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University, DDR-6900, Jena, GDR

    U. Wollina & B. Knopf

  2. Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University, DDR-6900, Jena, GDR

    R. Klinger & R. Wetzker

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Wollina, U., Klinger, R., Wetzker, R. et al. Increase of epidermal calmodulin precedes the formation of a psoriatic lesion. Arch Dermatol Res 281, 73–74 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00424277

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