Multisystemic leukocytoclastic vasculitis affecting the central nervous system

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-291

  Soylu, Alper ^a   Kavukçu, Salih ^a,b   Erdur, Bariş ^a   Demir, Korcan ^a   Türkmen, Mehmet A ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LUNG; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; SEPSIS; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 25644435679     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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