Leg ulcers: Uncommon presentations

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 601-611

  Gottrup, Finn ^a   Karlsmark, Tonny ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER NITRATE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN CANCER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TROPICS; ULCER; VASCULITIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN ULCER; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 28544439397     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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