Therapeutic effect of argatroban on rheumatoid vasculitis with antiphosphatidylserine-prothrombin complex antibody

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1075-1076

  Kawakami, Tamihiro ^a   Yamazaki, Masahide ^b   Kawasaki, Kanade ^b   Mizoguchi, Masako ^b   Soma, Yoshinao ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; GOLD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC VASCULITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN ULCER; VASCULITIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PIPECOLIC ACIDS; PROTHROMBIN; SKIN; THROMBIN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 49949094356     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.8.1075     Document Type: Letter

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