Facial heliotrope rash as the initial manifestation of acute myelomonocytic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 393-398

  Tzavara, Vassiliki N ^a   Stamoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Aroni, Kyriaki G ^a   Kordossis, Theodore ^a   Boki, Kyriaki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMML); Dermatomyositis; Heliotrope rash; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

EID: 0031001127     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709114179     Document Type: Article

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