Alopecia syphilitica with detection of Treponema pallidum in the hair follicle

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Nam Cha, Syong Hyun ^a   Guhl, Guillermo ^a   Fernández Peña, Pablo ^a   Fraga, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA SYPHILITICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; EXOCYTOSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALOPECIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 36048962060     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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