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Purpuras

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Purpura is a disease entity characterised by macules. By definition, macules are flat skin lesions not raised above the surrounding skin. Purpura manifests as skin discoloration caused by extravasation of red blood cells.

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  1. University of Rome “G. Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  2. Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare Rigenerativa (CSRMR), Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  3. Division of Dermatology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Lara Tripo MD, Alice Garzitto MD & Ilaria Ghersetich MD

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Paediatric Dermatology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Aldona Pietrzak

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Lotti, T.M., Tripo, L., Garzitto, A., Pietrzak, A., Ghersetich, I. (2015). Purpuras. In: Katsambas, A.D., Lotti, T.M., Dessinioti, C., D’Erme, A.M. (eds) European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45139-7_82

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