Clinical, epidemiologic, histopathologic and molecular features of an unexplained dermopathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pearson, Michele L ^a   Selby, Joseph V ^b   Katz, Kenneth A ^c   Cantrell, Virginia ^b   Braden, Christopher R ^a   Parise, Monica E ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^d   Lewin Smith, Michael R ^e   Kalasinsky, Victor F ^f   Goldstein, Felicia C ^g   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Papier, Arthur ^h   Lewis, Brian ⁱ   Motipara, Sarita ^b   Eberhard, Mark L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Environmental Pathology   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

ⁱ AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PUNCH BIOPSY; SELF REPORT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SENSATION; UNITED STATES; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABIT; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN;

ARTHROPODA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856295122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029908     Document Type: Article

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