Exaggerated cutaneous response to mosquito bites in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Asakura, Keiko ^a   Kizaki, Masahiro ^a   Ikeda, Yasuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Exaggerated cutaneous response; Mosquito bite

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT BITE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLISTER; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 3142699191     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.04021     Document Type: Article

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