Peripheral ulcerative keratitis - An extracutaneous neutrophilic disorder: Report of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, pustular vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and Sweet's syndrome with an excellent response to cyclosporine therapy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2 II SUPPL., 1999, Pages 331-334

  Wilson, D M ^a   John, G R ^a   Callen, J P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0033019860     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70479-2     Document Type: Article

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