Ethosuximide induced lymphadenopathy - A case report

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-19

  Ojinnaka, N C ^a   Iloeje, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETHOSUXIMIDE;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0035240395     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v47i1.8586     Document Type: Article

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