Warfarin-induced skin necrosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Nazarian, Rosalynn M ^a   Van Cott, Elizabeth M ^a   Zembowicz, Artur ^b   Duncan, Lyn M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulant; coumarin; hypercoagulable; protein C; therapeutic complication; thrombosis; thrombotic vasculopathy; warfarin; warfarin induced skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; ARGATROBAN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; D DIMER; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BLISTER; BREAST CANCER; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; FULMINATING PURPURA; GENE MUTATION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN INDUCED SKIN NECROSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; WARFARIN;

EID: 67650104676     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.12.039     Document Type: Review

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