Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei and its debated link to tuberculosis [1]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-

  Nino, M ^a   Barberio, E ^a   Delfino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVOLUTION; LETTER; LUPUS MILIARIS DISSEMINATUS FACIEI; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS;

FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 0037256825     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00519_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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