Episodic dermatolymphangioadenitis (DLA) in patients with lymphedema of the lower extremities before and after administration of benzathine penicillin: A preliminary study

Lymphology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 126-131

  Olszewski, W L ^a,b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALAISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LEG; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029843106     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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