Cryofibrinogenemia with polyarthralgia, Raynaud's phenomenon and acral ulcer in a patient with Graves' disease treated with methimazole

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-442

  Hosoi, Keita ^a   Makino, Shigeki ^a   Yamano, Yuriko ^a   Sasaki, Masako ^a   Takeuchi, Toru ^a   Sakane, Sadaki ^a   Ohsawa, Nakaaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryofibrinogen; Cryopathy; Livedo reticularis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0030852593     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.439     Document Type: Article

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