Role of Borrelia burgdorferi in the pathogenesis of morphea/scleroderma and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus: A PCR study of thirty-five cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 350-358

  DeVito, James R ^a   Merogi, Athir J ^a   Vo, Thao ^a   Boh, Erin E ^a   Fung, Hank K ^a   Freeman, Scott M ^a   Cockerell, Clay ^b   Stewart, Kelly ^a   Marrogi, Aizen J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MORPHEA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FIBROSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029761497     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01309.x     Document Type: Article

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