Severe livedo vasculitis treated with potassium iodide

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-98

  Abraham, Zeev ^a   Rozenbaum, Michael ^b   Portnoy, Elena ^b   Rosner, Itzhak ^b  

^a Dermatology Clinic   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrophic scars; Leg ulcers; Livedo vasculitis; Potassium iodide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTED HYALINIZING VASCULITIS; SKIN ATROPHY; TELANGIECTASIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0037351085     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0275-y     Document Type: Article

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