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Wound, pressure ulcer and burn guidelines – 4: Guidelines for the management of connective tissue disease/vasculitis‐associated skin ulcers
Author(s) -
Fujimoto Manabu,
Asai Jun,
Asano Yoshihide,
Ishii Takayuki,
Iwata Yohei,
Kawakami Tamihiro,
Kodera Masanari,
Abe Masatoshi,
Amano Masahiro,
Ikegami Ryuta,
Isei Taiki,
Isogai Zenzo,
Ito Takaaki,
Inoue Yuji,
Irisawa Ryokichi,
Ohtsuka Masaki,
Omoto Yoichi,
Kato Hiroshi,
Kadono Takafumi,
Kaneko Sakae,
Kanoh Hiroyuki,
Kawaguchi Masakazu,
Kukino Ryuichi,
Kono Takeshi,
Koga Monji,
Sakai Keisuke,
Sakurai Eiichi,
Sarayama Yasuko,
Shintani Yoichi,
Tanioka Miki,
Tanizaki Hideaki,
Tsujita Jun,
Doi Naotaka,
Nakanishi Takeshi,
Hashimoto Akira,
Hasegawa Minoru,
Hayashi Masahiro,
Hirosaki Kuninori,
Fujita Hideki,
Fujiwara Hiroshi,
Maekawa Takeo,
Matsuo Koma,
Madokoro Naoki,
Motegi SeiIchiro,
Yatsushiro Hiroshi,
Yamasaki Osamu,
Yoshino Yuichiro,
Pavoux Andres James LE,
Tachibana Takao,
Ihn Hironobu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.15186
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatomyositis , vasculitis , dermatology , rheumatoid arthritis , mixed connective tissue disease , connective tissue disease , scleroderma (fungus) , connective tissue , systemic vasculitis , disease , pathology , autoimmune disease , immunology , inoculation
The Japanese Dermatological Association prepared guidelines focused on the treatment of skin ulcers associated with connective tissue disease/vasculitis practical in clinical settings of dermatological care. Skin ulcers associated with connective tissue diseases or vasculitis occur on the background of a wide variety of diseases including, typically, systemic sclerosis but also systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), various vasculitides and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS). Therefore, in preparing the present guidelines, we considered diagnostic/therapeutic approaches appropriate for each of these disorders to be necessary and developed algorithms and clinical questions for systemic sclerosis, SLE, dermatomyositis, RA, vasculitis and APS.