Light-chain-restricted plasmacellular infiltrates in necrobiosis lipoidica - A clue to an underlying monoclonal gammopathy

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-267

  Cioc, Adina M ^a   Frambach, Gwyn E ^b   Magro, Cynthia M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KAPPA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY LAMBDA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT CHAIN; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PLASMA CELLS; SKIN;

EID: 16244390281     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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