No etiological role for bartonella henselae infection in henoch schönlein purpura

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1142-1143

  Vermeulen, Marijn J ^a   Peeters, Marcel F ^b   Verbakel, Harold ^b   De Moor, Ronald A ^b   Roord, John J ^c   Van Dijken, Pieter J ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 74049124401     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bd3e91     Document Type: Letter

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