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Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Kikuchi's disease and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis--is there a link? Case report and literature review
20 Mar 2003
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Sir, Necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease) is a benign cervical lymphadenopathy that typically affects young women and usually remits spontaneously with no recurrences [1]. Histology of involved lymph nodes shows a characteristic picture [2–6]. Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) accounts for 10–20% of JIA, affecting males and females equally and occurring most frequently under the age of 5 yr....
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