Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa in patients presenting with atrophie blanche

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 789-794

  Mimouni, D ^a   Ng, P P ^a   Rencic, A ^a   Nikolskaia, O V ^a   Bernstein, B D ^a   Nousari, H Carlos ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophie blanche; Livedoid vasculitis; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; DANAZOL; DAPSONE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULITIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG DERMATOSES; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 0037902550     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05176.x     Document Type: Article

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