Evidence of retroviral involvement in an Italian patient with Ofuji's disease

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-89

  Veraldi, Stefano ^a   Ferrante, P ^b   Mancuso, R ^b   Gianotti, R ^a   Caputo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis; Human T cell lymphotropic virus 1; Ofuji's disease; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CETIRIZINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OFUJI DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RETROVIRUS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032978025     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018073     Document Type: Article

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