Arndt-Gottron scleromyxoedema: Successful therapy with intravenous immunoglobulins [11]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1058-1060

  Gholam, P ^a   Hartmann, M ^a   Enk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatoneuro syndrome; hd IVIg; High dose intravenous immunoglobulin; Monoclonal gammopathy; Scleromyxoedema

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELPHALAN; MESNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMATOSE PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LETTER; NEURODERMATITIS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SCLEROMYXEDEMA;

EID: 35348894578     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08169.x     Document Type: Letter

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