Clinical features of pyoderma gangrenosum and current diagnostic trends

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-954.e2

  Hadi, Ahmed ^a   Lebwohl, Mark ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune; dermatosis; gangrenosum; neutrophilic; pyoderma; ulcer

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LEUKEMIA; MEDLINE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUSTULE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SEATBELT INJURY; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN ULCER; SUPPURATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79954665454     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.01.049     Document Type: Review

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