A woman with leg cramps and rash

Hospital Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Khan, Nadim ^a   Burchett, Stephanie ^a   Adelman, Harold M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Medical Service

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; QUININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PLATELET COUNT; QUININE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034659506     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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