Cutaneous complications of direct intra-arterial injections in drug addicts [5]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-452

  Del Giudice, Pascal ^a,b   Vandenbos, Frédéric ^a   Boissy, Christian ^a   Cua, Eric ^b   Marion, Bertrand ^c   Bernard, Evelyne ^b   Dellamonica, Pierre ^b   Counillon, Evelyne ^a  

^a Hopital Bonnet   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c Centre de Pathologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOPRENORPHINE; DALTEPARIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; OXYCODONE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; BUPRENORPHINE; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; NARCOTICS; NECROSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 25144446420     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550510033192     Document Type: Letter

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