Macular amyloidosis due to friction by a horsehair glove

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-83

  Siragusa, Maddalena ^a   Cavallari, Vittorio ^b   Schepis, Carmelo ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Oasi Institute ^*

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Friction; Horsehair glove; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; KERATIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBER; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033967599     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018327     Document Type: Letter

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