Purpura fulminans in a child as a complication of chickenpox infection

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-264

  Campanelli, Alexandre ^a   Kaya, Gürkan ^a   Ozsahin, Ayse Hulya ^a   La Scala, Giorgio ^a   Jacquier, Cédric ^a   Stauffer, Mélanie ^a   Boehlen, Françoise ^a   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Chickenpox; Protein S; Purpura fulminans; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; D DIMER; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN S; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; NECROSIS; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 2342644009     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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