Diagnosis of loxoscelism in a child confirmed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and noninvasive tissue sampling

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 888-890

  Stoecker, William V ^a   Green, Jonathan A ^b   Gomez, Hernan F ^c  

^a The Dermatology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOXOSCELISM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 33749652557     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.065     Document Type: Article

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