Cocaine-induced thrombotic vasculopathy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 524-526

  John, Seby ^a   Manda, Sudhir ^a   Hamrock, David ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Cutaneous vasculitis; Levamisole; Thrombogenic vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; COCAINE INDUCED VASCULITIS; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FULMINATING PURPURA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN CARE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOGENICITY; THROMBOSIS; URINALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VESICULAR RASH;

EID: 82355185884     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31822979f1     Document Type: Article

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