Kimura disease: Review of the literature

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 668-672

  Sun, Q F ^a   Xu, D Z ^b   Pan, S H ^a   Ding, J G ^a   Xue, Z Q ^a   Miao, C S ^a   Cao, G J ^a   Jin, D J ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Imatinib; Immunohistochemistry; Kimura disease; Protein tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISONIAZID; NICOTINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PRANLUKAST; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; PYRAZINAMIDE; RETINOIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIMURA DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RENAL PROTECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 51349115619     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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