Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Vascular type (ecchymotic variant): Cutaneous and dermatopathologic features

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-492

  Sharma, Nand L ^a   Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Gupta, Neelam ^a   Ranjan, Nitin ^a   Lath, Anju ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COL3A1 GENE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECCHYMOSIS; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KELOID; LEG ULCER; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR FRAGILITY;

ADULT; ECCHYMOSIS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 61449223717     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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