Tender cutaneous nodules of the legs: Diagnosis and clinical clues to diagnosis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-566

  Eimpunth, Sasima ^a   Pattanaprichakul, Penvadee ^a   Sitthinamsuwa, Panitta ^a   Chularojanamontri, Leena ^a   Sethabutra, Piyaroj ^a   Mahaisavariya, Punkae ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; LEG DISEASE; LEIOMYOMA; LEPROSY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOSIS; PANNICULITIS; PENICILLIOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SKIN NODULE; SKIN TUMOR; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEIOMYOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULITIS, LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC, CUTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876425851     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05394.x     Document Type: Article

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