Neutrophilic panniculitis: Algorithmic approach to a heterogeneous group of disorders

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1337-1343

  Chan, May P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA INDURATUM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FAT NECROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PANCREATITIS; PANNICULITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA INDURATUM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FAT NECROSIS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PANCREATITIS; PANNICULITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWEET SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84907661281     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0270-CC     Document Type: Review

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