Histological and immunohistochemical study of granuloma annulare and subcutaneous granuloma annulare in children

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 392-396

  Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^a   Tsivitanidou Kakourou, Talia ^a   Stefanaki, Christina ^b,c   Valari, Manthoula ^a   Argyrakos, Theodoros ^a   Konstantinidou, Catherine Van Viet ^a   Karentzou, Ourania ^a   Katsambas, Andreas ^b  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Andreas Sygros Skin Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LYSOZYME; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PROTEIN S 100; STREPTAVIDIN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34247348156     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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