Sparing of the bulge area could preserve intact lower portion of hair follicles in a case of tufted folliculitis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-89

  Miura, M ^a   Dekio, I ^a,b   Yamasaki, Y ^a   Ohyama, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

FOLLICULITIS; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 57649231848     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02709.x     Document Type: Letter

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