Diabetic bullae: 12 cases of a purportedly rare cutaneous disorder

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-200

  Lipsky, Benjamin A ^a,b   Baker, Paul D ^a   Ahroni, Jessie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b General Internal Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0034001694     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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