Methotrexate toxicity presenting as cutaneous ulcerations on psoriatic plaques

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-335

  Koçak, Aslihan Yonca ^a   Koçak, Oǧuzhan ^a   Aslan, Figen ^a   Tektaş, Mustafa ^a  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous ulceration; Methotrexate; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FOLINATE CALCIUM; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; DERMIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKERATOSIS; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; EROSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUTH LESION; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PARAKERATOSIS; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE;

AGED; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84883193349     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2013.779278     Document Type: Article

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