Schnitzler's syndrome: Report of a case with progression to Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-203

  Welsh, Belinda ^a   Tate, Bruce ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Paediatric Surgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

IgM paraprotein; Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma; Urticaria; Urticarial vasculitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; COLCHICINE; DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0032734464     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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