An unusual case with membranous lipodystrophy in a hypertensive patient with transepidermal elimination

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 428-431

  Bak, Hana ^a   Lee, Jin Wook ^a   Ahn, Hyung Jin ^a   Hwang, Sang Min ^a   Choi, Eung Ho ^a   Lee, Seung Hun ^b   Ahn, Sung Ku ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Membranous lipodystrophy; Transepidermal elimination

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; COLLAGEN FIBER; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASE REPORT; CELL SWELLING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INDURATION; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADULT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPODYSTROPHY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33745613491     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.3.428     Document Type: Article

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