Lichen amyloidosis in an unusual location

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Jhingan, A ^a   Lee, J S S ^a   Kumarasinghe, S P W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amyloid proteins; Amyloidosis; Keratin; Lichen amyloidosis; Lip lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN AMYLOIDOSUS; LUPUS MILIARIS DISSEMINATUS FACIEI; PAPULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; UPPER LIP; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FACE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250876948     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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