The importance of skip lesions in temporal arteritis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-139

  Poller, D N ^a   Van Wyk, Q ^a   Jeffrey, M J ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Skip lesion; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN;

ADVENTITIA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ANTIGENS, CD15; ANTIGENS, CD45; BIOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0033964897     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.2.137     Document Type: Article

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