Case 23-2007: A 9-year-old boy with bone pain, rash, and gingival hypertrophy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 392-

  Duggan, Christopher P ^a,c   Westra, Sjirk J ^b,c   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCURVY; SKIN BIOPSY; AUTISM; BLOOD; BONE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN;

ASCORBIC ACID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SCURVY; SKIN;

EID: 34547227265     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079017     Document Type: Article

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