Histopathologic analysis of dermal lymphatic alterations in chronic venous insufficiency ulcers using D2-40

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1123.e1-1123.e12

  Fernandez, Anthony P ^a,b   Mitiva, Maria ^a   Roberts, Brenda ^a   Ricotti, Carlos ^a,c   Rouhani, Panta ^a   Romanelli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic venous insufficiency; D2 40; dermal lymphatics; edema; light microscopy; ulcer

Indexed keywords

PODOPLANIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79956106711     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.05.048     Document Type: Article

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