Cutaneous ulcers with type I cryoglobulinemia treated with plasmapheresis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-189

  Vila, A T ^a   Barnadas, M A ^a   Ballarin J ^b   Garcia R ^b   Juarez, C ^a   Madoz, P ^a   Ramila, E ^a   Alomar, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Plasmapheresis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 2942556925     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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