Lupus and leg ulcers - A diagnostic quandary

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1173-1175

  Reddy, Venkat ^a   Dziadzio, Magdalena ^a   Hamdulay, Shahir ^a   Boyce, Sara ^a   Prasad, Nidhi ^a   Keat, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pyoderma gangrenosum; SLE

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SRI LANKA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCER HEALING; VASCULITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG ULCER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249870357     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0306-2     Document Type: Article

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