CUTANEOUS NECROSIS RESULTING FROM PROTEIN-S DEFICIENCY AND INCREASED ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
AMSTER MS CONWAY J ZEID M PINCUS S
Citation
Ms. Amster et al., CUTANEOUS NECROSIS RESULTING FROM PROTEIN-S DEFICIENCY AND INCREASED ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 29(5), 1993, pp. 853-857
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Part
2
Pages
853 - 857
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1993)29:5<853:CNRFPD>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A 23-year-old woman with widespread cutaneous necrosis resulting from protein S deficiency and increased antiphospholipid antibody in the se tting of systemic lupus erythematosus is described. Our report illustr ates the complex nature of evaluation of skin lesions in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus.