Annular erythema caused by impending pacemaker extrusion

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-387

  Gerdsen, Rainer ^a   Kaiser, Hans Wilhelm ^b   Friedrich, Kai ^b   Rabe, Eberhard ^b   Bieber, Thomas ^b  

^a Klinik Poliklinik fur Allgemein   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pacemaker dermatitis; Pacemaker erythema; Pacemaker infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; THORAX;

EID: 0032883950     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010346     Document Type: Article

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