Guttate morphoea in human T-cell lymphoma/lymphotrophic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 380-382

  Oiso, N ^a   Fukai, K ^a   Hosomi, N ^a   Ishii, M ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORPHEA GUTTATA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; COLLAGEN TYPE I; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0037707712     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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