Livedoid vasculopathy in a pediatric patient with elevated lipoprotein(a) levels: Prompt response to continuous low-molecular-weight heparin

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 927-928

  Goerge, Tobias ^a   Weishaupt, Carsten ^a   Metze, Dieter ^a   Nowak Göttl, Ulrike ^a   Sunderkötter, Cord ^a   Steinhoff, Martin ^a   Schneider, Stefan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LIVEDOID VASCULOPATHY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS; BLOOD; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77955902318     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.177     Document Type: Letter

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