Type I cryoglobulinemia presenting as hemorrhagic crusted leg ulcers

Cutis

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 319-323

  Gray, Yulia ^a   Bruno, Nicholas ^b   Badiavas, Evangelos V ^c,d   Wilkel, Caroline S ^c,d  

^a AmeriPath/CPI   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEG ULCER; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE;

EID: 0036885787     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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