A female case of Fournier's gangrene in a patient with lupus nephritis

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 354-358

  Kohagura, Kentaro ^a   Sesoko, Shogo ^a   Tozawa, Masahiko ^a   Iseki, Kunitoshi ^b   Tokuyama, Kiyoyuki ^c   Fukiyama, Koshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Dialysis Unit   (Japan)

^c Urasoe General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Prednisolone; Renal failure; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS;

ADULT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS;

EID: 2442448493     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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