Diabetic pigmented spots on the extrapretibial region: Immunohistochemical study of type IV collagen in dermal vessel wall

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 560-562

  Chishiki, Minoru ^a   Ohnishi, Yoshihiro ^a   Kawada, Akira ^a   Tajima, Shingo ^a   Ishibashi, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus. diabetes mellitus; Pigmentation; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ABDOMEN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SKIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; THIGH;

EID: 0032423705     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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