Blue-gray pigmentation in trunk and extremities in a 71-year-old man

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1111-1112

  Lorente, Mónica ^a   Ballano, Adrián ^a   Juanes, Adriana ^a   Pastor, Maria Antonia ^a   Cuevas, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PEFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE GRAY PIGMENTATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROBLAST; HIP FRACTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MASSON FONTANA STAIN; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PERLS STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STAINING; TRUNK;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EXTREMITIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TORSO;

EID: 84884691876     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4365     Document Type: Article

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