Fatal cytophagic panniculitis and haemophagocytic syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Huilgol, S C ^a,d   Fenton, D ^a   Pambakian, H ^b   Cerio, R ^c   McGibbon, D M ^a   Black, M M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATALITY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 0031803141     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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