Improvement of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa lesions with hyperbaric oxygen

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1023-1025

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a   Milkas, Anastasios N ^a   Tsartsalis, Athanasios N ^a   Karefilakis, Christos M ^a   Besmertis, Laurentios P ^a  

^a Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; RITUXIMAB;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LETTER; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SKIN ULCER; VASCULITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 69249088964     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04089.x     Document Type: Letter

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