Severe Kikuchi's disease responsive to immune modulation

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lin, D Y ^a   Villegas, M S ^a   Tan, P L ^a   Wang, S ^b   Shek, L P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenopathy; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Kikuchi's disease; Necrotising lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950394033     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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