Tungsten granuloma attributable to a piece of lawn-mower blade

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Saruwatari, H ^a   Kamiwada, R ^a   Matsushita, S ^a   Hashiguchi, T ^a   Kawai, K ^a   Kanekura, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COBALT; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APOPTOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CHEEK; FACIAL DERMATOSES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 70349495658     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03186.x     Document Type: Letter

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