Pyoderma gangrenosum of the breast treated with intravenous immunoglobulin

Journal of Dermatological Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 64-68

  Sinnya, Sudipta ^a   Hamza, Saud ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Intreavenous immunoglobulins; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAMMOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84880494872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18987249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1140     Document Type: Article

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