An unusual form of generalized granuloma annulare in a patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-50

  Erkek, Emel ^a,b   Karaduman, Ayşen ^a   Bükülmez, Gül ^a   Şentürk, Nilgün ^a   Özkaya, Özay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Neyzen Tevfik Sokak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Granuloma annulare; Scleroderma like syndrome

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SCLERODERMA; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0035012292     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155501750208209     Document Type: Article

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