Scarring alopecia associated with mastocytosis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 561-565

  Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Solky, Benjamin ^b   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^a   Cotsarelis, George ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Stellar Chance Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; N METHYLHISTAMINE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCALP; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; URINE LEVEL;

ALOPECIA; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP;

EID: 0141924344     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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