Kaposi's varicelliform eruption: A case report and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Kramer, Sasha C ^a   Thomas, Chadwick J ^a   Tyler, William B ^b   Elston, Dirk M ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFALEXIN; FAMCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TRIAMCINOLONE; VACCINIA VACCINE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPULE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION; VACCINIA; WOUND CARE;

2-AMINOPURINE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPOSI VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION; VALINE;

EID: 1542283638     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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