Clinicopathologic profile of normocomplementemic and hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis: A study from South India

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 789-794

  Dincy, C V P ^a   George, Renu ^a   Jacob, M ^a   Mathai, E ^a   Pulimood, S ^a   Eapen, E P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Complement C1q immunology; Lupus Erythematosus; Urticaria epidemiology; Urticaria etiology; Urticaria pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER BIAS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 45249096098     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02641.x     Document Type: Article

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