Necrobiosis lipoidica in monozygotic twins [4]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-120

  Shimanovich, Iakov ^a   Erdmann, Hanieh ^a   Grabbe, Jürgen ^a   Zillikens, Detlef ^a   Rose, Christian ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURFACE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 38549127821     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2007.26     Document Type: Letter

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