An itchy vesiculobullous eruption in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1177-1179

  Cocuroccia, B ^a   Gisondi, P ^a   Gubinelli, E ^a   Girolomoni, Giampiero ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; CLL; Insect bites; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INSECT REPELLENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; PEMPHIGUS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 12344315647     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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