Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: A case report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 246-250

  Lee, Chih Hung ^a   Cheng, Shih Tsung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kikuchi Fujimoto disease; Necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

EPIRIZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0038512298     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70432-2     Document Type: Article

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