Detection of mercury and other undetermined materials in skin biopsies of endemic pemphigus foliaceus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-391

  Abréu Vélez, Ana María ^a   Warfvinge, Gunnar ^b   Herrera, Walter Leon ^c   Abréu Vélez, Clara Eugenia ^d   Montoya, M Fernando ^d   Hardy, David M ^a   Bollag, Wendy B ^a   Hashimoto, Ken ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University of Antioquia ^*  (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Bio elements; Cell adhesion molecules; Desmosomes; Endemic pemphigus foliaceus; Mercury; Musculoskeletal diseases; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETITE; MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; MINERAL; SELENIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; NAIL; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COLOMBIA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEMPHIGUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0141788826     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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