Detection of silver sulfide deposits in the skin of patients with argyria after long-term use of silver-containing drugs

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 379-384

  Jonas, Ludwig ^a   Bloch, Catrin ^a   Zimmermann, Regina ^a   Stadie, Volker ^b   Gross, Gerd E ^a   Schäd, Susanne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argyria; Elemental analysis; Silver containing drugs; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGYRIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FIBROBLAST; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYSOSOME; MICROSCOPY; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN DISCOLORATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARGYRIA; COLLOIDS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTES; PROTEINS; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NITRATE; SKIN;

EID: 37549072243     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701696221     Document Type: Article

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