Purpuric generalized lichen nitidus: An unusual eruption simulating pigmented purpuric dermatosis

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-170

  Yáñez, Sonsoles ^a   Fernando Val Bernal, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lichen nitidus; Pigmented purpuric dermatosis; Purpuric lichen

Indexed keywords

PREDNICARBATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG DERMATOSES; LICHEN NITIDUS; MALE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PREDNISOLONE; PURPURA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17444454314     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076495     Document Type: Article

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