Arch Dermatol 1999 Jul;135(7):799-803
Unité de Dermatologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, Bordeaux, France.
Objective: To assess the clinical, pathologic, and epidemiologic features of asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood (APEC), a clinically distinctive eruption, especially its link with pityriasis rosea and pattern of transmission.
Design: A prospective case series, including an analysis of epidemiologic triggering factors and mode of transmission. Pathologic study, including immunohistochemistry of the inflammatory infiltrate. Read More