Kikuchi-fujimoto disease, histiocystic necrotizing lymphadenitis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1111-1121

  Al Maghrabi, Jaudah A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755181864     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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