Nonbacterial purpura fulminans and severe autoimmune acquired protein S deficiency associated with human herpesvirus-6 active replication

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-183

  Boccara, O ^a   Lesage, F ^a   Regnault, V ^c   Lasne, D ^b   Dupic, L ^a   Bourdon Lanoy, E ^a   Pannier, S ^a   Fraitag, S ^a   Audat, F ^a   Lecompte, T ^c   Hubert, P ^a   Bodemer, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Human herpesvirus 6; Protein S; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG AMPUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMPUTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEG; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN S; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; PURPURA FULMINANS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 67649908727     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09264.x     Document Type: Article

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