Ligneous conjunctivitis with oral mucous membrane involvement and decreased plasminogen level

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-451

  El Darouti, Mohamed ^a,b   Zayed, Amira A ^b   El Kamah, Ghada Y ^c   Mostafa, Mostafa I ^c  

^a Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLASMINOGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; EYE EXAMINATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGNEOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS; LIP; MOUTH EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MOUTH MUCOSA; PERIODONTITIS; PLASMINOGEN; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 67249162928     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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