Parapharyngeal abscess due to cat-scratch disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 599-601

  Yeh, Sylvia H ^a   Zangwill, Kenneth M ^a   Hall, Brian ^a   McPhaul, Laron ^a   Keller, Margaret ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034033782     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313691     Document Type: Article

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