Alopecia with perineural lymphocytes: A clue to linear scleroderma en coup de sabre

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 518-520

  Goh, Carolyn ^a   Biswas, Asok ^b   Goldberg, Lynne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alopecia; lymphocytes; morphea; nerves; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ALOPECIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 84860174230     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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