Original Article

Current Concepts of Necrobiosis Lipoidica

Authors: MARVIN E. CHERNOSKY, M.D.

Abstract

This lesion was thought in the past to be intimately associated with diabetes mellitus. It has now been shown that this association occurs in less than half of the cases. What is known of pathogenesis and treatment has been reviewed and brought up to date.

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