A clinicopathological study on acute cutaneous lesions induced by sulfur mustard gas (yperite)

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-145

  Naraghi, Zahra Safaee ^a   Mansouri, Parvin ^b   Mortazavi, Mohammadreza ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulla; Hyperpigmentation; Interface dermatitis; Spongiotic dermatitis; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; MUSTARD GAS;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS DERMATITIS; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDERMIS; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; IRAN; IRAQ; LICHENOID; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PIGMENT DISORDER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MUSTARD GAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; WAR;

EID: 19544388603     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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