Kikuchi disease presenting as a flu-like illness with rash and lymphadenopathy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Mugnaini, E N ^a   Watson, T ^a   Guccion, J ^a   Benator, D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kikuchi disease; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease; Necrotizing lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RASH; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037232636     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200301000-00007     Document Type: Article

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