A stepwise approach to the diagnosis of blisters in the clinic

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 598-606

  Powell, Ann Marie ^a   Black, Martin ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLISTER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 0034810561     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(00)00170-X     Document Type: Review

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