Characterization and evolution of dermal filaments from patients with Morgellons disease

Marianne J Middelveen1 International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, Bethesda, MD, USA

Peter J Mayne1 International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, Bethesda, MD, USA

Douglas G Kahn2 Department of Pathology, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA

Raphael B Stricker1 International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, Bethesda, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Pages 1-21 | Published online: 08 Jan 2013

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