The severity of histopathological changes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis is not predictive of extracutaneous involvement

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 532-536

  Cribier, Bernard ^a   Couilliet, Didier ^a   Meyer, Pierre ^b   Grosshans, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hematuria; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Leukocyturia; Predictive factor; Severity score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032795854     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199912000-00005     Document Type: Article

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