The clinical and histomorphological features of pityriasis rubra pilaris. A comparative analysis with psoriasis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 416-424

  Magro, C M ^a,c   Crowson, A N ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Misericordia Health Centre   (Canada)

^c Pathology Services Inc Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; RETINOL;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EOSINOPHIL; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NEUTROPHIL; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PLASMA CELL; PSORIASIS; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0030775077     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb00816.x     Document Type: Article

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