Retiform purpura in a patient with a history of cocaine use

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Fthenakis, A ^a   Klein, P A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVAMISOLE INDUCED THROMBOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; PUNCH BIOPSY; PURPURA; RETIFORM PURPURA; SKIN TOXICITY; THROMBOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED;

COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA;

EID: 79960730690     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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