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Livedoid vasculopathy: thrombotic or inflammatory disease?
Clinical and experimental dermatology - 1 Oct 2010
Khenifer S, Thomas L, Balme B, Dalle S
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is still unclear. However, with increasing knowledge of disorders of coagulation over the past few years, the cause of some cases of LV has been elucidated. LV has now been described in association with hyperhomocysteinaemia, activated protein C resistance, and prothombin gene mutations in the absence of significant underlying inflammatory disease. When LV is seen in...
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