Infectious urticaria with purpura: A mild subtype of urticarial vasculitis?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-170

  Oi, Mieko ^a   Satoh, Takahiro ^a   Yokozeki, Hiroo ^a   Nishioka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecule; Focal infection; Purpura; Urticaria; Urticarial vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; URTICARIA;

EID: 16444377357     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410024580     Document Type: Article

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