Simultaneous presentation of Henoch Schonlein purpura in monozygotic twins

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 703-704

  Spyridis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Salapata, Marianella ^a   Fessatou, Smaragdi ^a   Kontaxaki, Chrisi ^a   Spyridis, Panayiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SKIN BIOPSY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 25444514749     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510040197     Document Type: Article

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