Differential diagnosis of leg ulcers;Differentialdiagnosen des ulcus cruris

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 627-634

  Dissemond, Joachim ^a   Körber, Andreas ^a   Grabbe, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial leg ulcer; Chronic wound; Leg ulcer; Vasculitis; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; ERGOTAMINE; HALOGEN; HYDROXYUREA; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; VACCINE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COLD INJURY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CUTANEOUS LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECTHYMA; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEG HYPERTENSIVE ULCER; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; LIVEDOID VASCULOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PYODERMA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION REACTION; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33746558060     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2006.06052.x     Document Type: Review

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