Caterpillar bodies of porphyria cutanea tarda ultrastructurally represent a unique arrangement of colloid and basement membrane bodies

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-29

  Raso, Dominic S ^a   Greene, William B ^a   Maize, John C ^a   McGown, Steven T ^a   Metcalf, John S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Bullous diseases; Caterpillar bodies; Porphyria cutanea tarda; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLLOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; KERATINOCYTES; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029947165     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199602000-00004     Document Type: Article

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