Cryoglobulinemic purpura in visceral leishmaniasis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-471

  Rizos, Evangelos ^a   Dimos, George ^a   Liberopoulos, Evangelos N ^a   Elisaf, Moses S ^a   Drosos, Alexandros A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cryoglobulins; Leishmaniasis; Purpura; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CRYOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIPOSOMES; MALE; PURPURA, HYPERGLOBULINEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944432489     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0533-2     Document Type: Article

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