LE or not LE - That is the question: An unsuccessful attempt to separate lymphocytic infiltration from the spectrum of discoid lupus erythematosus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-232

  Weyers, Wolfgang ^a,c   Bonczkowitz, Matthias ^b   Weyers, Imke ^a  

^a Center for Dermatopathology   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct immunofluorescence; Discoid lupus erythematosus; Lupus erythematosus tumidus; Lymphocytic infiltration of the skin; Plasmacytoid monocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUCINS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031801853     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199806000-00001     Document Type: Article

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