Spectrum of Purpura Fulminans

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-89

  Lalitha, A V ^a   Aruna, D ^a   Prakash, Anand ^a   Nanjunda Swamy, H M ^a   Subba Rao, S D ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Heparin; Protein C; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CLOXACILLIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FULMINATING PURPURA; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PURPURA FULMINANS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 65449158425     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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