Two cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease involving the scalp

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-468

  Sophie Lønnberg, Ann ^a   Elberling, Jesper ^a   Fischer, Thea K ^b   Skov, Lone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SORE THROAT; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SCALP; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SKIN;

EID: 84879707601     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1516     Document Type: Letter

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