Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi-Fugimoto disease;Lymphadénite histiocytaire nécrosante ou maladie de Kikuchi-Fujimoto

Presse Medicale

Volumn 36, Issue 11 II, 2007, Pages 1683-1693

  Viallard, Jean François ^a   Parrens, Marie ^b   Lazaro, Estibaliz ^a   Caubet, Olivier ^a   Pellegrin, Jean Luc ^a  

^a Service de médecine interne et rhumatologie   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CD8 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

APOPTOSIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMA CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 35349024863     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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