Letter: An adult case of severe hand-foot-mouth disease accompanying persistent fever and systemic arthritis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 14-

  Toya, Masami ^a   Endo, Yuichiro ^a   Tanizaki, Hideaki ^a   Fujisawa, Akihiro ^a   Tanioka, Miki ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALAISE; MOUTH LESION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; VESICULAR RASH; CASE REPORT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEVER; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865270151     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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