Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans in a 15-year-old girl misdiagnosed as venous insufficiency for 6 years

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1091-1094

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Müllegger, Robert R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 19544362707     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.01.125     Document Type: Article

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