Prurigo nodularis: Systematic analysis of 58 histological criteria in 136 patients

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-586

  Weigelt, Nils ^a   Metze, Dieter ^a   Stander, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; KERATOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODERMATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRURIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; KERATOSIS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODERMATITIS; PRURIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 77949842626     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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