A Case of Propylthiouracil-Induced Pyoderma gangrenosum Associated with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-341

  Hong, Seok Beom ^a   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Propylthiouracilantineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; Pyoderma gangrenosum

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 2942520163     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077844     Document Type: Article

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