Acute-onset, painful acral granuloma annulare: A report of 4 cases and a discussion of the clinical and histologic spectrum of the disease

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Brey, Nicole Vessels ^a   Malone, Janine ^a   Callen, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; COLCHICINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FOLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NICOTINAMIDE; PRAMOCAINE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VALDECOXIB; ZINC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FINGERS; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 30844444800     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.1.49     Document Type: Article

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