Cutaneous sarcoidosis: differential diagnosis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-287

  Fernandez Faith, Esteban ^a   McDonnell, Jonelle ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS SARCOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; ICHTHYOSIS; LEG EDEMA; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34249774576     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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