Extravascular necrotizing palisaded granulomas as the presenting skin sign of systemic lupus erythematosus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-374

  Obermoser, Gerlinde ^a   Zelger, B ^a   Zangerle, R ^a   Sepp, N ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extravascular necrotizing palisaded granulomas; Immune complexes; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0036378065     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04790.x     Document Type: Article

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