The growing complexity of the pathology associated with cocaine use

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 167-168

  Specks, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LEVAMISOLE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER;

ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; COCAINE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; NOSE DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 80051735441     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31821df0b0     Document Type: Editorial

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