Rupert Waterhouse and carl Friderichsen: Adrenal apoplexy

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 643-647

  Varon, Joseph ^a   Chen, Karen ^b   Sternbach, George L ^c,d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hemorrhage; Purpura fulminans; Sepsis; Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PETECHIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 0032126101     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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