Acrosyringeal concentration of necrotic keratinocytes in erythema multiforme: A clue to drug etiology. Clinicopathologic review of 29 cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-240

  Zohdi Mofid, Mona ^a   Horn, Thomas D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SWEAT;

EID: 0030951517     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01587.x     Document Type: Article

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