The spectrum of cutaneous lesions in rheumatoid arthritis: A clinical and pathological study of 43 patients

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Magro, C M ^a   Crowson, A N ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central Medical Laboratories   (Canada)

^c ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHILIA; PANNICULITIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOSIS; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0037260539     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.300101.x     Document Type: Article

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