Generalized destructive, ulcerating and debilitating necrobiosis lipoidica sine diabetes in a young male recalcitrant to therapy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 236-240

  Bruns, Marco ^a   Haustein, Uwe Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Necrobiosis lipoidica; Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030749576     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(96)00591-0     Document Type: Article

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