Two uncommon manifestations of leptospirosis: Sweet's syndrome and central nervous system vasculitis

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-84

  George, Peter ^a  

^a YENEPOYA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system vasculitis; Leptospirosis; Sweet's syndrome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; URINALYSIS;

FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SWEET SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78651431466     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60041-2     Document Type: Article

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