Clinical and laboratory manifestations of Kikuchi's disease in children and differences between patients with and without prolonged fever

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 551-554

  Chuang, Chih Hsien ^a   Yan, Dah Chin ^a   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a   Lin, Pen Yi ^a   Chen, Chin Jung ^a   Yen, Meng Hsiu ^a   Kuo, Tseng Tong ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; Kikuchi's disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20544467014     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000167246.24500.21     Document Type: Review

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