Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with ulcerative colitis

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-39

  Ljubojević, Suzana ^a   Milavec Puretić, Višnja ^a   Sredoja Tišma, Vesna ^b   Radoš, Jaka ^a   Kalauz, Mirjana ^a   Hrstić, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Pyoderma gangrenosum; Therapy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEPSIS; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND CARE;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 33646031808     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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