Nikolsky's sign: Is it 'dry' or is it 'wet'?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 762-767

  Salopek, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; MALE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0030980304     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03667.x     Document Type: Article

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