Cutaneous manifestations of Wegener's granulomatosis: A clinicopathologic study of 17 patients and correlation to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody status

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 739-747

  Comfere, Nneka I ^a   MacAron, Nada C ^a   Gibson, Lawrence E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOBLASTIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 34648831040     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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