Necrotic tongue ulcer: An unusual presentation of childhood polyarteritis nodosa

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 974-975

  Mondal, Rakesh ^a,c   Sarkar, Sumantra ^b   Khan, Kabir Ali ^a   Roy, Abhishek ^a   Adhikari, Bibhas ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMLODIPINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ANKLE ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND EDEMA; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MYALGIA; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; TONGUE ULCER; URINALYSIS; WRIST DISEASE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE DISEASE; ULCER;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TONGUE DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 84888347567     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0936-0     Document Type: Letter

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