Evaluation of basophil infiltration into the skin lesions of tick bites

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-51

  Nakahigashi, Kyoko ^a   Otsuka, Atsushi ^a   Tomari, Kaori ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a   Kabashima, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basophil; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL INFILTRATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STAINING; TICK BITE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877945623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348650     Document Type: Article

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