Obesity-associated lymphoedematous mucinosis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1089-1094

  Rongioletti, Franco ^a   Donati, Pietro ^b   Amantea, Ada ^b   Ferrara, Gerardo ^c   Montinari, Martina ^a   Santoro, Francesca ^a   Parodi, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; COLLAGEN; IRON; MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LEG EDEMA; LOW CALORY DIET; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MUCINOSIS; MYXEDEMA; OBESITY ASSOCIATED LYMPHOEDEMATOUS MUCINOSIS; PAPULE; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN NODULE; STELLATE CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG DERMATOSES; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINOSES; MYXEDEMA; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 69449100819     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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