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ArticleAnais brasileiros de dermatologia

Ultrastructural aspects of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Hiram Larangeira de Almeida, Mariana Geber de Almeida, Valéria Magalhães Jorge, Luciana Boff de Abreu

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Article in Anais brasileiros de dermatologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiram Larangeira de AlmeidaDepartment of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) - Pelotas (RS), Brazil.
Mariana Geber de AlmeidaPostgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPel) - Pelotas (RS), Brazil.
Valéria Magalhães JorgePostgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPel) - Pelotas (RS), Brazil.
Luciana Boff de AbreuDermatology Service, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Pelotas · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the ultrastructural findings in a case of a 72-year-old black woman with confluent yellowish papules in the cervical region. She had no comorbidities. Ophthalmological examination, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram were normal. Hematoxylin-eosin staining of the affected skin showed strong alterations in the mid-dermis with irregular clumps of eosinophilic material and loss of the normal parallel arrangement of collagen bundles. Orcein staining revealed that the elastic fibers lost their normal linear configuration, showing clump fragmentation, sometimes forming square structures. Transmission electron microscopy showed aberrant elastic fibers with an irregular outline and heterogenic inner structures. We also observed small elastic fibers. Collagen fibers showed a normal structure with irregular distribution. Scanning electron microscopy revealed important disorganization of collagen fibers and small stone-like deposits measuring around 5 µm associated with bigger structures ranging from 10-16 µm. Higher magnification revealed that these small stone-like structures were sometimes polyhedral-shaped or squared.

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AgedCollagenDermisElastic TissueFemaleHumansMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPseudoxanthoma ElasticumSkinSpineStaining and LabelingCollagen

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PMID28954103
PMCPMC5595601
OpenAlexW2755660025

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