Cutaneous vasculopathy associated with cocaine use

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1195-1202

  Milman, Nataliya ^a   Smith, C Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COCAINE; COLD AGGLUTININ; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE RELATED CUTANEOUS VASCULOPATHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PURPURIC RASH; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 84860389908     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20483     Document Type: Article

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