Annular lupus vulgaris: An unusual case undiagnosed for five years

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Gönül, Müzeyyen ^a   Kiliç, Arzu ^a   Külcü Çakmak, Seray ^a   Gül, Ülker ^a   Koçak, Oǧuzhan ^a   Demiriz, Murat ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lupus vulgaris; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847729423     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2007.0095     Document Type: Article

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