Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome: An interdisciplinary challenge;Hypokomplementämisches urtikaria-vaskulitis-syndrom: Eine interdisziplinäre herausforderung

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 756-763

  Grotz, Wolfgang ^a   Baba, Hideo A ^b   Becker, Jan U ^c   Baumgärtel, Martin W ^d  

^a ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Chronic disease; Hypocomplementemia; Urticaria; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 76149114245     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0756     Document Type: Review

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