Plaque psoriasis induced after Kawasaki disease

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-377

  Ergin, Sibel ^a   Karaduman, Ayşen ^a   Demirkaya, Erkan ^a   Bakkaloǧlu, Ayşin ^a   Özkaya, Özay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Psoriasis; Superantigen; Trigger

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY RASH; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NAUSEA; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; TONGUE DISEASE; VOMITING;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PSORIASIS;

EID: 70649094350     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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