Clinical analysis of leg ulcers and gangrene in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 949-954

  Hasegawa, Michiko ^a   Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Sogabe, Yoko ^a   Hattori, Tomoyasu ^a   Inoue, Chizuru ^a   Okada, Etsuko ^a   Tago, Osamu ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

pyoderma gangrenosum; rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatoid vasculitis; skin ulcer; venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

BUCILLAMINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL ARTERY; DIGITAL ARTERY STENOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PURPURA; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; VASCULITIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID VASCULITIS; SKIN ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 84890431047     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12359     Document Type: Article

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