Recurrent vasculopathic skin lesions associated with homozygous protein C deficiency

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-60

  Agras, Pinar Isik ^a,b   Ozdemir, Handan ^b   Baskin, Esra ^b   Ozbek, Namik ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Nephrology ^*  (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FULMINATING PURPURA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PURPURA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33846996347     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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