Lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis: A newly described medium-sized vessel arteritis of the skin

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1175-1182

  Lee, Joyce Siong See ^a,c   Kossard, Steven ^a   McGrath, Michael A ^b  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; FACTOR V LEIDEN GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIVEDO RACEMOSA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC THROMBOPHILIC ARTERITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ARTERITIS; FACTOR V; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 51949109735     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.9.1175     Document Type: Article

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