Cocaine/levamisole-induced systemic vasculitis with retiform purpura and pauci-immune glomerulonephritis
Levamisole has been increasingly used as an adulterant of cocaine in recent years, emerging as a public health challenge worldwide. Levamisole-associated toxicity manifests clinically as a systemic vasculitis, consisting of cutaneous, hematological, and renal lesions, among others. Purpura retiform,...
Main Authors: | F.V. Veronese, R.S.O. Dode, M. Friderichs, G.G. Thomé, D.R. da Silva, P.G. Schaefer, V.C. Sebben, A.R. Nicolella, E.J.G. Barros |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2016-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000500501&lng=en&tlng=en |
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