Orofacial edema: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-192

  Litvyakova, Ludmila I ^a   Bellanti, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISOLONE; TERFENADINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034052140     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62754-8     Document Type: Article

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