Treatment of Livedoid Vasculopathy with intravenous immunoglobulin;Tratamento de vasculopatia livedóide com imunoglobulina intravenosa

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-374

  Sobral Filho, Jader Freire ^a,b   Valdek, Milane Caroline De Oliveira ^a   Rodrigues, Luiza Toscano Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin, intravenous; Skin diseases, vascular; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MALE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 55249091609     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000400014     Document Type: Article

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