Retiform purpura: A new stigmata of illicit drug use?

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 7-

  Geller, Lauren ^a   Whang, Talley B ^a   Mercer, Stephen E ^b   Phelps, Robert ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COCAINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PURPURA; RETIFORM PURPURA; SCAR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79953030854     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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