Sweet's syndrome in an infant - Report of a rare case

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 928-930

  Prasad, Pullbatla Venkata Siva ^a   Ambujam, Sreedevi ^a   Priya, Kota ^a   Padma, Kamalamma ^a   Rehana, Tipoo ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUTIS LAXA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIMB; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PULSE RATE; RELAPSE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0036940841     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01681_1.x     Document Type: Article

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