Possible role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome demonstrated with Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-99

  Apaydin, Rebiay ^a,c   Bahadir, Sevgi ^b   Kakklikkaya, Neşe ^b   Bilen, Nilgün ^a   Bayramgürler, Dilek ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Dermatoloji AD ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Granulomatous cheilitis; Lingua plicata

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OROFACIAL GRANULOMATOSIS; OROFACIAL SWELLING; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DNA PROBES; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN;

EID: 2342603927     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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