Pigmentary changes in pernicious anaemia: An important but under-recognized phenomenon

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-95

  Sherley Dale, A C ^a   Goulding, J M R ^a   Leithead, J ^a   Loft, D E ^a   Ahmed, I ^a  

^a WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AXILLA; BACK; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LETTER; MALE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 78650166989     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03793.x     Document Type: Letter

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