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Case Reports

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The EBV Connection?

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Pages 144-148 | Received 29 Sep 2008, Accepted 29 Sep 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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