Strawberry gingiva: A distinctive sign in Wegener's granulomatosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-337

  Manchanda, Yashpal ^a   Tejasvi, Trilokraj ^a   Ramam, M ^a   Handa, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0042634072     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00556-5     Document Type: Article

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