A patient with a refractory cutaneous bullous eruption

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Nousari, Hossein C ^a   Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^a   Ketabchi, Nooshin ^a   Hughes, Mark ^a   Anhalt, Grant J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Departments of Pediatrics Medicine Oncology and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032938343     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549900300409     Document Type: Article

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