Leukocytoclastic vasculitis - Correlation between different histologic stages and direct immunofluorescence results

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-352

  Grunwald, Marcelo H ^a,b   Avinoach, Ilana ^a   Amichai, Boaz ^a   Halevy, Sima ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030925394     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1997.tb03094.x     Document Type: Article

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