Retiform purpura in plaques: A morphological approach to diagnosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 596-602

  Jones, A ^a   Walling, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RETIFORM PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34547762191     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02423.x     Document Type: Article

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