Microscopic morphology of different types of urticaria

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Haas, Norbert ^a   Toppe, Esdert ^a   Henz, Beate M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN EDEMA; URTICARIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; COLORING AGENTS; EDEMA; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PRESSURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SKIN TESTS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031933985     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.1.41     Document Type: Article

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