Varicella-associated purpura fulminans: Chicken pox is not always benign

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-234

  Abdulmalik, A ^a   Al Ateeqi, W ^a   Al Khawari, M ^a   Al Osaimi, S ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chicken pox; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; WARFARIN;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 33646456049     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092188     Document Type: Article

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