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childhood exanthem (numbered diseases)
Childhood exanthems observed & described between 1884 & 1900 + more.
Classification:
1) first disease (measles)
2) second disease (scarlet fever)
3) third disease (rubella, German measles)
4) fourth disease (Dukes disease)
5) fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)
6) sixth disease (roseola)
Differential diagnosis:
- Kawasaki disease
Specific
Dukes disease (4th disease)
erythema infectiosum (5th disease)
measles (1st disease)
roseola (exanthem subitum, 6th disease)
rubella (German measles, 3rd disease)
scarlet fever (2nd disease)
General
childhood disease
exanthem
References
- Morans DM and Katz AR
The "Fourth Disease" of Childhood: Re-evaluation of a
nonexistent disease.
Am. J. Epidemiol. (1991) 134 (6): 628-640
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/134/6/628.short