Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: A prospective study of 14 consecutive cases in a tertiary-care hospital in eastern India

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Ghosh, Sk ^a   Bandyopadhyay, D ^a   Ghosh, A ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Eastern India; Limb amputations; Purpura fulminans; Septicaemia; Symmetrical peripheral gangrene

Indexed keywords

VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMMETRICAL PERIPHERAL GANGRENE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74549124861     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03329.x     Document Type: Article

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