Successful treatment of gangrene in systemic necrotizing vasculitis with iloprost.
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Systemic necrotizing vasculitis is uncommon in children and may be rarely associated with gangrene. We describe a 3-yr-old girl with parvovirus B19-induced necrotizing vasculitis whose digital gangrene was successfully treated with iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of rheumatology
دوره 37 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998