Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa: A case with prominent histopathologic inflammation

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 727-731

  Vivehanantha, Sivanie ^c   Carr, Richard A ^a   McGrath, John A ^b   Taibjee, Saleem M ^a   Madhogaria, Sharmila ^a   Ilchyshyn, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; COL7A1 GENE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA PRURIGINOSA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUTATION;

EID: 84879332987     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.155     Document Type: Article

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