Successful treatment of intractable ulceration associated with dermatomyositis by debridement and the skin implantation of an artificial dermis sheet

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1027-1030

  Matsuda, Haruna ^a   Goto, Mizuki ^a   Fujiwara, Sakuhei ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAVASIN; RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELBOW JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN ULCER; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 80053226447     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01167.x     Document Type: Letter

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