Collagen-elastic tissue changes and vascular involvement in granuloma annulare: A review of 35 cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 838-844

  Güneş, Pembegül ^a   Göktay, Fatih ^b,c   Mansur, A Tülin ^b   Köker, Filiz ^a   Erfan, Gamze ^b  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; EOSIN; FIBRIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MUCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN APPENDAGE DISEASE; TINEA CORPORIS; TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 67650685588     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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