Kikuchi's disease in a 9-year-old girl: Case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-221

  Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Burney, Ikram A ^a   Elnoor, Ibtisam B ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MEROPENEM;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PALLOR; PALPATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; THIENAMYCINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944486881     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X60875     Document Type: Article

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