POEMS syndrome : Cicatricial alopecia as an unusual cutaneous manifestation associated with an underlying plasma cytoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 808-812

  Weichenthal, Michael ^a   Stemm, Andrea V ^a   Ramsauer, Julia ^a   Mensing, Hartwig ^b   Feller, Alfred C ^c   Meigel, Wilhelm ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Dermatopathology Laboratory   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMACYTOMA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032952922     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jd.1999.v40.a95959     Document Type: Article

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