Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis: A histopathologic study of 31 cases with review of literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-133

  Ratzinger, Gudrun ^a   Burgdorf, Walter ^b   Zelger, Bettina G ^c   Zelger, Bernhard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Sweet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TRUNK; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL NUCLEUS; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; SKIN; SWEET'S SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 34147142012     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000249887.59810.76     Document Type: Article

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