Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with the secondary antiphospholipid syndrome

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-47

  Schmid, Monika Hildegard ^a   Hary, Carla ^a   Marstaller, Bertram ^a   Konz, Birger ^a   Wendtner, Clemens Martin ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031779050     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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