Skin biopsy in cases of secondary syphilis.
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Skin biopsy in cases of secondary syphilis.
Correspondence Skin biopsy in cases of secondary syphilis To the Editor, British J7ournal of Venereal Diseases SIR Immunofluorescent techniques have been used to study the skin lesions of pemphigus, pemphigoid, lupus erythematosus, and allergic vasculitis (Kay and Tuffanelli, 1969; Copeman, 1970). In vasculitis of both the necrotizing and lymphocytic types, biopsies cf skin lesions have shown i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1970
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.46.5.426