Aspirin-responsive painful red, blue, black toe, or finger syndrome in polycythemia vera associated with thrombocythemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Michiels, J J ^a,c   Berneman, Z ^a   Schroyens, W ^a   Urk, H ^b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Goodheart Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial thrombophila; Aspirin; Erythromelalgia; Platelets; Polycythemia vera; Thrombocythemia vera

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BUSULFAN; COUMARIN; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; WARFARIN;

ACROCYANOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HAND PALM; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROANGIOPATHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TOE;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BUSULFAN; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RECURRENCE; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TOES;

EID: 0038352203     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0593-x     Document Type: Article

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