Catastrophic gangrene caused by heatinsoluble cryoglobulins

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 817-818

  Fujimoto, Noriki ^a   Nakanishi, Gen ^a   Shirai, Masae ^a   Fujii, Norikazu ^a   Minamiguchi, Hitoshi ^a   Hodohara, Keiko ^a   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CRYOGLOBULIN; HEAT INSOLUBLE CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOOT; GANGRENE; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PETECHIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PURPURA; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FOOT; GANGRENE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 80054887153     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1489     Document Type: Article

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