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[Purpura fulminans].
Purpura Fulminans is an unusual condition, characterized by rapid progression, high systemic toxicity and great mortality. The clinical history of a girl aged 3 years and 6 months is presented. She was hospitalized in an Infectious Diseases Unit, from February 6 to March 3, 1981. Her illness began two days prior to admission, with fever, cpistaxis, moderate postration, violet -coloured lesions ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1909
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1909.92550050041003f