Benign cutanous Degos' disease: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 666-670

  Coskun, Basak ^a   Saral, Yunus ^a   Cicek, Demet ^a   Ozercan, Resat ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign cutaneous Degos' disease; Degos' disease (malign atrophic papulosis)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BACK; BENIGN CUTANEOUS DEGOS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; PAPULE; PAPULOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SCAR; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS;

EID: 4544223226     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00574.x     Document Type: Review

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