Granuloma annulare displaying pseudorosettes in Borelia infection

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Fernandez Flores, Angel ^a   Ruzic Sabljic, Eva ^b  

^a Service of Cellular Pathology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

CD68; Granuloma annulare; Macrophages; PCR; Pseudorosettes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLOBIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; COLLAGEN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SKIN;

EID: 58149526332     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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