Symmetrical peripheral gangrene

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-4

  Sharma, B D ^a   Kabra, S R ^a   Gupta, B ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; BUSULFAN; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; PHOSPHORUS; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

AMPUTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FULMINATING PURPURA; GANGRENE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYMMETRICAL PERIPHERAL GANGRENE; VASOSPASM;

FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; TOES;

PURPURA;

EID: 0842330277     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400102     Document Type: Review

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