Successful treatment of severe Kikuchi's disease with intravenous immunoglobulin [6]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-237

  Noursadeghi, Mahdad ^a   Aqel, N ^a   Gibson, P ^a   Pasvol, G ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD123 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALAISE; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31544458477     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei074     Document Type: Letter

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