Pernio (Chilblains)

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-135

  AlMahameed, Amjad ^a   Pinto, Duane S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; NIFEDIPINE;

ACROCYANOSIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMBOLISM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNOASSAY; LACERATION; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; PANNICULITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN ULCER; SYMPATHECTOMY; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 41749113089     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-008-0014-0     Document Type: Review

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