Bilateral periocular swelling in Sweet's syndrome [14]

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-216

  Anwar, S ^a,b   Hassan, S ^a   Al Fern, A ^a   Douglas, W S ^a   Mann, B ^a  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; BUMETANIDE; DILTIAZEM; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 1342282697     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700588     Document Type: Letter

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