Sweet's syndrome from an Indian perspective: A report of four cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 702-708

  Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Sharma, Nand Lal ^a   Sharma, Ramesh Chander ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BUSULFAN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; DAPSONE; PHENYTOIN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HEAD; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYOSITIS; NECK; PAPULE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33745948155     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02622.x     Document Type: Review

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