Erythema Multiforme Minor: A Revision
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The term Erythema Multiforme (EM) includes a wide and controversial variety of clinical expressions at the present time. This study revises the EM minor characteristics according to the most important publications found in literature. Erythema Multiforme is a distinct dermatologic hypersensitivity pathology characterized by cutaneous or mucous lesions and eventually it can also involve both. In...
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1 National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital campus), Singapore Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Deidre Anne De Silva, National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital campus), Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 298088. Email: [email protected] Question:...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1553-6203
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2008.224.231