A case of hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis with a high serum level of rheumatoid factor

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ashida, Atsuko ^a   Murata, Hiroshi ^a   Ohashi, Atsuko ^a   Ogawa, Eisaku ^a   Uhara, Hisashi ^a   Okuyama, Ryuhei ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

colchicine; hypocomplementaemia; purpura; rheumatoid factor; urticarial vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PURPURA; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

COLCHICINE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTAEMIA; PURPURA; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; URTICARIAL VASCULITIS;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLCHICINE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84881318355     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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