Usefulness of oral corticosteroid in Rosai-Dorfman disease: Case report

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-288

  Ocheni, S ^a   Ibegbulam, O G ^a   Okafor, O C ^a   Raveenthiran, V ^b   Nzegwu, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Prednisolone; Rosai Dorfman disease; Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, SINUS; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 34248577592     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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