Symmetrical peripheral gangrene

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-248

  Ghosh, Sudip Kumar ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXTRAN; DOPAMINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INFUSION FLUID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AMPUTATION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BUERGER DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOG BITE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FASCIOTOMY; GANGRENE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPEROSMOLAR COMA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKAPHERESIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEASLES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROPATHY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SHWARTZMAN PHENOMENON; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMMETRICAL PERIPHERAL GANGRENE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

ANIMALS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; TOES;

EID: 79952928587     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.77481     Document Type: Article

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