Confluent ecchymoses on the lower extremities of a malnourished patient

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 399-401

  Sasaki, Go ^a   Satoh, Takahiro ^a   Yokozeki, Hiroo ^a   Katayama, Ichiro ^b   Nishioka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Purpura; Vitamin C deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCURVY; SKIN BIOPSY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AVITAMINOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ECCHYMOSIS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 0033050274     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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