Digital skin necrosis in congenital afibrinogenaemia associated with hepatitis C virus infection, mixed cryoglobulinaemia and anticardiolipin antibodies

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-59

  Girard, Céline ^a   Guillot, Bernard ^a   Biron, Christine ^a   Lavabre Bertrand, Thierry ^a   Navarro, Robert ^a   Bessis, Didier ^a,b  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies syndrome; Congenital afibrinogenaemia; Cryoglobulinaemia; Digital necrosis; Hepatitis C virus infection

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRAIT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; TOES;

EID: 13844265724     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410001053     Document Type: Article

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