Sweet's syndrome with postinflammatory elastolysis and takayasu arteritis in a child: A case report and literature review

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 645-650

  Ma, Ellen H ^a   Akikusa, Jonathan D ^a   MacGregor, Duncan ^a   Ng, Jessica ^a   Su, John C ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DACRON IMPLANT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELASTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHOTREXATE; SWEET SYNDROME; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866353544     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01597.x     Document Type: Review

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