Kikuchi's lymphadenopathy: A relatively rare but important cause of lymphadenopathy in Greece, potentially associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 925-932

  Vassilakopoulos, Theodoros P ^a   Pangalis, Gerassimos A ^a   Siakantaris, Marina P ^a   Levidou, Georgia ^a   Yiakoumis, Xanthi ^a   Floudas, Charalambos ^a   Gribabis, Despina ^a   Bouros, Spyridon ^a   Metaxas, Ioannis ^a   Dimitriadou, Evangelia M ^a   Pantazi, Lambrini ^a   Tsoukala, Catherine ^b   Korkolopoulou, Penelope ^a   Andreopoulos, Anastasios ^a   Vaiopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoimmune disease; Cervical; Kikuchi's disease; Kikuchi Fujimoto; Lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GREECE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955093939     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1077-2     Document Type: Article

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