Homocysteinemia-associated anetoderma, in a young woman with anorexia nervosa history

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-345

  Aroni, K ^a   Ioannidis, E ^a   Voudouris, S ^a   Yapijakis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ANETODERMA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANETODERMA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA;

EID: 79951926980     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04511.x     Document Type: Article

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