Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as pyoderma gangrenosum

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 898-902

  Szõcz, Hajnal Irén ^a,b,c   Torma, Katalin ^a,b,c   Petrovicz, Edina ^a,b,c   Hársing, Judit ^a,b,c   Fekete, György ^a,b,c   Kárpáti, Sarolta ^a,b,c   Horváth, Attila ^a,b,c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Petz Aladar County Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^c Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MEPREDNISONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; MALAISE; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; NOSE SEPTUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; OSTEOLYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0344013441     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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