Wolf isotopic response manifesting as postherpetic granuloma annulare: A case series

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-258

  Kapoor, Roger ^a   Piris, Adriano ^a   Saavedra, Arturo P ^b   Duncan, Lyn M ^a   Nazarian, Rosalynn M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 84874700510     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0643-OA     Document Type: Review

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