Kikuchi's disease: An unusual presentation and a therapeutic challenge

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Mahmood, Ali ^a,e   Mir, Rabia ^b   Salama, Salama R ^b   Miarrostami, Rameen M ^c   Lapidus, Claudia ^b   Pujol, Fernando ^d  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; RARE DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348820583     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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