Dermatitis herpetiformis: Relevance of the physical examination to diagnosis suspicion

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 843-847

  Criado, Paulo Ricardo ^a   Criado, Roberta Fachini Jardim ^b   Aoki, Valeria ^a   Belda, Walter ^a   Halpern, Ilana ^a   Landman, Gilles ^c   Vasconcellos, Cidia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NICOTINAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 84865433879     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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