Perivascular cuff and spread of treponema pallidum

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-262

  Quatresooz, Pascale ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Microvasculature; Spirochete homing; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFILTRATE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CHANCRE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 70350304255     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239970     Document Type: Article

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