Spectrum of cutaneous vasculitis in adult patients from the Farwaniya region of Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-48

  Al Mutairi, Nawaf ^a,b  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cutaneous vasculitis, adults; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATHOGENESIS; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 36749100937     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109589     Document Type: Article

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