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Urticarial vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: fair response to prednisolone/dapsone and persistent hypocomplementemia Volume 9, numéro 1, January - February 1999

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Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan.
  • Page(s) : 54-6
  • Année de parution : 1999

Urticarial vasculitis (UV), first described by Gammon & Wheeler in 1979 [1], is a disorder characterized by recurrent, raised, erythematous wheals which persist 24-72 hrs and may resolve with purpura and hyperpigmentation. Histopathologically, these lesions show leucocytoclastic vasculitis. Patients with UV are categorized into the three classes: those without hypocomplementemia or any connective tissue diseases, those with systemic [...]