Detection of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in a lesion resembling sarcoidosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-238

  Baselga, E ^a,b   Barnadas, M A ^a   Margall, N ^a   De Moragas, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0029737654     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00073.x     Document Type: Article

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