Leprosy & gangrene: A rare association; role of anti phospholipid antibodies

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Akerkar, Shashank M ^a   Bichile, Lata S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG ARTERY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; THIGH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; ULNAR NERVE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27244431748     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-74     Document Type: Article

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