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Treatment With Support Leotard

James E. Fulton, Jr., MD; Harry J. Hurley, MD; Ruth Kennedy, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1968;97(4):446-449.

Abstract
A 42-year-old woman with severe purpura hyperglobulinemica progressing to leg ulceration is described. She was bedridden and refractory to penicillamine and steroid therapy. With the use of a pressure gradient support leotard the petechial formation was inhibited and ambulation was allowed.

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the Department of Dermatology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 30, 1967.

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