Cutaneous manifestations in patients with microscopic polyangiitis: Two case reports and a minireview

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-147

  Kawakami, Tamihiro ^a   Soma, Yoshinao ^a   Saito, Chihiro ^a   Ogawa, Hitoshi ^a   Nagahuchi, Yuko ^a   Okazaki, Takahiro ^a   Ozaki, Shoichi ^a   Mizoguchi, Masako ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ANCA associated vasculitides; Anti myeloperoxidase; Auto antibodies; Cutaneous manifestation; Microscopic polyangiitis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; MPO ANCA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MYALGIA; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; URINALYSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33745781274     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0034     Document Type: Short Survey

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