How to get the most out of your skin biopsies

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 727-733

  Mehregan, Darius R ^a,b   Dooley, Victoria N ^a,b  

^a Pinkus Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ALOPECIA; ANETODERMA; ARTICLE; BECKER NEVUS; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CUTIS LAXA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ICHTHYOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHEA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEVUS; PANNICULITIS; PATHOLOGIST; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POROKERATOSIS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SAMPLING ERROR; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TELANGIECTASIA; TINEA; TRANSIENT ACANTHOLYTIC DERMATOSIS; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; VITILIGO;

BIOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; SELECTION BIAS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34447274019     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03274.x     Document Type: Article

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