Clinical approach to cutaneous vasculitis

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-92

  Chen, Ko Ron ^a   Carlson, J Andrew ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azathioprine, therapeutic use; Ciclosporin, therapeutic use; Colchicine, therapeutic use; Corticosteroids, therapeutic use; Cyclophosphamide, therapeutic use; Dapsone, therapeutic use; Infliximab, therapeutic use; Methotrexate, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BOSENTAN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ETANERCEPT; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ILOPROST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RITUXIMAB;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BURN; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 39549099311     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200809020-00001     Document Type: Review

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