Livedo Vasculitis: Therapy With Pentoxifylline

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 684-687

  Sams, W Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTED HYALINIZING VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SKIN DISEASES; THEOBROMINE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0023895951     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1988.01670050028013     Document Type: Article

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