title: Significance of two skin biopsy performances with consecutive deeper sections in the differential diagnosis between cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa and livedo vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Tamihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Sora
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Yoshinao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054068:Livedo Reticularis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*