Granuloma annulare: An elastic tissue disease? Case report and literature review

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Hanna, Wedad M ^a,b   Moreno Merlo, Fernando ^a   Andrighetti, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastic fibers; Electron microscopy; Granuloma annulare

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0032968523     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281815     Document Type: Article

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