Clinical Profile and Treatment Outcome of Livedoid Vasculitis: A Case Series

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 835-839

  Lee, Siong See ^a   Ang, P ^a   Tan, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Immunosuppressive; Lymphocytic vasculitis; Pentoxifylline; Prothrombotic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; DAFLON; DAPSONE; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEG; MALE; SEGMENTED HYALINIZING VASCULITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 1042302810     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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