Disseminated hyperkeratotic and granulomatous nodules in a child with fatal Epstein-Barr-virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-38

  Brinkmeier, Thomas ^a   Reuter, Thomas ^a   Metze, Dieter ^b   Frosch, Peter J ^a   Herbst, Rudolf A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; ETOPOSIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DERMIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACE; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; JAUNDICE; LIMB; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PANCYTOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PAPULE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOSIS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33645242673     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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