Epoprostenol: Flushing or Erythroderma?
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Vol. 25, No. 2, 2013 271 Received December 27, 2011, Revised July 31, 2012, Accepted for publication September 19, 2012 Corresponding author: María Luisa Martínez-Martínez, Department of Dermatology, University General Hospital of Albacete, falcó brothers, No. 37, 02006, Albacete, Spain. Tel: 34-967-59-71-00, Fax: 34-697-24-39-52, E-mail: mlmartinezm@ sescam.jccm.es This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fig. 1. Severe erythroderma associated with intravenous epoprostenol therapy. The patient presented her skin diffusely erythematous with accentuation on the extremities with large areas of exfoliation. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2013.25.2.271
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