An unusual cause of skin "tumours" in a renal transplant recipient

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-403

  Awasthi, Anshu ^a   Nada, Ritambhra ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^a   Sakhuja, Vinay ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adnexal tumor; Renal transplant; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MYCOSIS; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; TINEA CAPITIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 25144498457     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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