CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS

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Degos disease, also known as malignant atrophic papulosis, is a rare occlusive vasculopathy of unknown etiology characterized by infarcts in the dermis, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, Domestic Vacuum Cleaner and other organs.It is characterized by papules, which become umbilicated and evolve with a depressed porcelain-white central

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Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient - utility of skin scrape cytology in diagnosis: a case report

Abstract Background Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus predominately found in soils enriched with bird and bat excreta.Although several cases of histoplasmosis have been reported in India, diagnosis using cytology has been done in very few Nylon/Synthetic Headstalls cases.Case PEPOGEST presentation We report here a case of disseminated hi

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LINE retrotransposon RNA is an essential structural and functional epigenetic component of a core neocentromeric chromatin.

We have previously identified and characterized the phenomenon of ectopic human centromeres, known as neocentromeres.Human neocentromeres form epigenetically at euchromatic chromosomal sites and are structurally and functionally similar to normal human centromeres.Recent studies have indicated that neocentromere formation provides a major mechanism

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