Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (lupus profundus): Clinical, histopathological, and molecular analysis of nine cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 396-404

  Massone, Cesare ^a,b   Kodama, Kazuo ^a,c   Salmhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Abe, Riichiro ^c   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^c   Parodi, Aurora ^b   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PANNICULITIS; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFILTRATE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 20744454147     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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