
Dr. Erika M Balfour MD
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
145 E 32nd St 10th Floor New York NY, 10016About
Dr. Erika Balfour practices Dermatopathology in New York, NY. Dermatopathology is a medical specialty that focuses on dermatology and pathology, and involves the diagnosis of various diseases of the skin, hair, and nails by looking at cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. By revealing the histology of diseases and results from a specific diagnostic interpretation, Dr. Balfour is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
State University of New York / Health Science Center At Stony Brook 1998
Stony Brook University School of Medicine 1998
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison between Langerhans cell concentration in lichen planopilaris and traction alopecia with possible immunologic implications.
- Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma of the extremities with paraproteinemia and without periorbital involvement at presentation.
- What is your diagnosis? Angiosarcoma arising in the eyelid.
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