Chronic venous insufficiency - A potential trigger for localized scleroderma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-99

  Ludwig, R J ^a   Werner, R J ^a   Winker, W ^a   Boehncke, W H ^a   Wolter, M ^a   Kaufmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Localized scleroderma; Morphea; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG VARICOSIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33645972295     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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