Natural history of erythromelalgia: Presentation and outcome in 168 patients

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 330-336

  Davis, Mark D P ^a   O'Fallon, W Michael ^a   Rogers III, Roy S ^a   Rooke, Thom W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CAPSAICIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NICARDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PERGOLIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034014898     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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