A case of Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with antiphospholipid antibodies

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-704

  Ferenczi, Katalin ^a   Chang, Timothy ^a   Camouse, Melissa ^a   Han, Rujing ^a   Stern, Robert ^b   Willis, Joseph ^c   Cooper, Kevin D ^a   Gilliam, Anita C ^a  

^a Dartmouth Hitchcock   (United States)

^b Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MEPREDNISONE; MONTELUKAST; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC VASCULITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947158215     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.028     Document Type: Article

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