Erythema nodosum: Clinicopathologic correlations and their use in differential diagnosis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Yi, Sang Won ^a   Kim, En Hyung ^a   Kang, Hee Young ^a   Kim, You Chan ^a   Lee, Eun So ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erythema nodosum; Erythema nodosum like lesion in Beh t's disease; Histologic diagnosis; Nodular vaculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TUBERCULIN;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANNICULITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34848892086     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.4.601     Document Type: Article

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