Wegener's granulomatosis of the penis: Genital presentation of systemic disease

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-372

  Al Rajabi, Wajdi ^a   Venturini, Marina ^a   Sala, Raffaella ^a   Calzavara Pinton, Piergiacomo ^a,b  

^a Azienda Spedali Civili di Brescia ^*  (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Penis, sexually transmitted disease; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33745713424     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092289     Document Type: Article

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