Eosinophilic fasciitis mimicking angioedema and treatment response to infliximab in a pediatric patient

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 444-445

  Poliak, Nina ^a   Orange, Jordan S ^a   Pawel, Bruce R ^a   Weiss, Pamela F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC EDEMA; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEAU D ORANGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOEDEMA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FASCIA; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 79955616710     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.01.021     Document Type: Letter

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