S-100 as a useful auxiliary diagnostic aid in tuberculoid leprosy

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 482-486

  Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar ^a   Nigam, Sonu ^a,b   Mandal, Ashish K ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; NERVE INJURY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NERVE; STAINING; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33745899316     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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