Blue (or purple) toes: Chilblains or chilblain lupus-like lesions are a manifestation of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and familial chilblain lupus

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 727-728

  Prendiville, Julie S ^a   Crow, Yanick J ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DNA; EXONUCLEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUCIN; RNA;

AICARDI GOUTIERES SYNDROME; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLD INJURY; FAHR DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MICROCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOE INJURY; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

BASAL GANGLIA; BLUE TOE SYNDROME; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FINGERS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; SYNDROME; TOES;

EID: 70149101293     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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