Assessment of the 'no eosinophils' rule: Are eosinophils truly absent in pityriasis lichenoides, connective tissue disease, and graft-vs.-host disease?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-418

  Sharon, Victoria R ^a   Konia, Thomas H ^a,b   Barr, Keira L ^a,b   Fung, Maxwell A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatomyositis; dermatopathology; eosinophils; interface dermatitis; lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG ERUPTION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84859080593     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01891.x     Document Type: Review

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