Refractory livedoid vasculitis responding to PUVA: A report of four cases

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-156

  Tuchinda, Chanisada ^a,b   Leenutaphong, V ^a   Sudtim, S ^a   Lim, H W ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Livedoid vasculitis; PUVA; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METHOXSALEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ULCER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 20144370201     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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