The histologic spectrum of cutaneous sarcoidosis: A study of twenty-eight cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-168

  Ball, Nigel J ^a,c   Kho, Grace T ^b   Martinka, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHENOID; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 1642562605     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2004.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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