Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: A rare but important cause of fever and lymphadenopathy in pregnant women

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-120

  Altuntas, Fevzi ^a,b   Sari, Ismail ^a   Canoz, Ozlem ^a   Yildiz, Orhan ^a   Eser, Bulent ^a   Cetin, Mustafa ^a   Unal, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease; Lymphadenopathy; Pregnancy; Steroid; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IRON; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; KIKUCHI FUJIMOTO DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

FEMALE; FEVER; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PREDNISONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32144447979     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20495     Document Type: Article

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