Lupus erythematosus masquerading as erythema multiforme: Does Rowell syndrome really exist?

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Modi, Gunjan M ^a   Shen, Angela ^a   Mazloom, Ali ^a   Mawad, Janine ^a   Perez, Aivlys ^b   Sonabend, Michael L ^a   Hsu, Sylvia ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; ROWELL SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 61849138396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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