Annular lesions in Kawasaki disease: A cause of confusion

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Ming, Andrew ^a   Wargon, Orli ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Exanthem; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Skin diseases; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPTOPRIL; DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOSIMENDAN;

ANNULAR ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QT PROLONGATION; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549106352     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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