Skin hyperpigmentation and increased angiogenesis secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency in a young vegetarian woman

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-192

  Aroni, Kyriaki ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Tsagroni, Eugenia ^a   Ioannidis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLUID THERAPY; GIANT CELL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VEGETARIAN;

ADULT; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 41949097024     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0377     Document Type: Letter

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