Cytoid bodies in cutaneous direct immunofluorescence examination

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Wu, Yu Hung ^a,b   Lin, Yang Chih ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOID BODY; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KERATINOCYTES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34249096147     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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