Lues maligna in a chronic alcoholic patient

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-219

  Bayramgürler, Dilek ^a,b   Bilen, Nilgün ^a   Yildiz, Kürşat ^a   Şikar, Aysun ^a   Yavuz, Metin ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pathology Department ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic alcoholism; Lues maligna

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUES MALIGNA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 17044381384     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00749.x     Document Type: Article

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