Lupus erythematosus tumidus: A series of 26 cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Vieira, Vanessa ^a   Del Pozo, Jesús ^a   Yebra Pimentel, Maria Teresa ^a   Martínez, Walter ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUCIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS TUMIDUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 33646176179     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02574.x     Document Type: Article

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