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Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine
Levamisole is among the many contaminants that have been detected in seized cocaine throughout North America and Europe. Little is known about the association between levamisole-adulterated cocaine and vasculitis. Herein we describe a case of limited cutaneous vasculitis manifested as retiform purpu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024742 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr1003w |
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author | Yachoui, Ralph Kolasinski, Sharon L Eid, Hala |
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description | Levamisole is among the many contaminants that have been detected in seized cocaine throughout North America and Europe. Little is known about the association between levamisole-adulterated cocaine and vasculitis. Herein we describe a case of limited cutaneous vasculitis manifested as retiform purpura and skin necrosis in a user of cocaine contaminated with levamisole. |
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spelling | pubmed-34494372012-10-01 Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine Yachoui, Ralph Kolasinski, Sharon L Eid, Hala J Clin Med Res Case Report Levamisole is among the many contaminants that have been detected in seized cocaine throughout North America and Europe. Little is known about the association between levamisole-adulterated cocaine and vasculitis. Herein we describe a case of limited cutaneous vasculitis manifested as retiform purpura and skin necrosis in a user of cocaine contaminated with levamisole. Elmer Press 2012-10 2012-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3449437/ /pubmed/23024742 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr1003w Text en Copyright 2012, Yachoui et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Yachoui, Ralph Kolasinski, Sharon L Eid, Hala Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title | Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title_full | Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title_fullStr | Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title_full_unstemmed | Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title_short | Limited Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine |
title_sort | limited cutaneous vasculitis associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024742 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr1003w |
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