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Lymphadenopathy
Research reports on lymphadenopathy in children from Pusan National University, Department of Pediatrics provide new insights
April 16th, 2007
Fresh data on lymphadenopathy are presented in the report "Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease of 16 children in a single center of Korea." According to recent research from Korea, "Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis characterized by fever, leukopenia and cervical lymphadenopathy. There are few reports on the clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of KFD in the pediatric literature." "In this study, we evaluate the characteristics and outcome of KFD in children. A total of 412 patients were studied with fever and peripheral lymphadenopathy at Pusan National University Hospital from January 1998 to December 2003. Among the total 412 there...
Source: Hematology Week (2007-04-16)
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