The many faces of cellulitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Lio, P A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CORTICOSTEROID; NEOMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; PANNICULITIS; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

CELLULITIS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

EID: 64849114228     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.159087     Document Type: Article

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