Elastic fiber pattern in scleroderma/morphea

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 952-957

  Walters, Ruth ^a   Pulitzer, Melissa ^a   Kamino, Hideko ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549140164     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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