Granulomatous variant of chronic pigmented purpuric dermatoses: Report of four new cases and an association with hyperlipidaemia

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 513-515

  Lin, W L ^a   Kuo, T T ^a,b   Shih, P Y ^a   Lin, W C ^a   Wong, W R ^a,b   Hong, H S ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PURPURA;

EID: 34547770274     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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