Erythromelalgia

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-105

  Ljubojević, Suzana ^a,c   Lipozenčić, Jasna ^a   Pustišek, Nives ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Croatia   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Disease classification; Erythromelalgia; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLONAZEPAM; CYPROHEPTADINE; DILTIAZEM; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; IMIPRAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYSERGIDE; MISOPROSTOL; NABUMETONE; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIZOTIFEN; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SULINDAC; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; SKIN;

EID: 2942739026     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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