Sternal erythema: A distinctive postsurgical eruption

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 893-896

  Morgan, Michael B ^a,c,d   Scalf, Leigh Ann ^b   Hanno, Ruth ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Bay Area Dermatopathology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; POIKILODERMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN EPITHELIUM; TELANGIECTASIA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 27144447074     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.02.027     Document Type: Article

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