Painful leg ulcers and a rash in a patient with polycythaemia rubra vera

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-734

  Haniffa, M A ^a   Speight, E L ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PAPULE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TELANGIECTASIA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 33746174156     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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