Successful treatment of chronic erythema nodosum with vitamin B12

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 567-569

  Volkov, Ilia ^a   Rudoy, Inna ^a   Press, Yan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 29244487539     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.6.567     Document Type: Article

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