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    J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Jul;49(1):132-8.

    Familial Sweet's syndrome in 2 brothers, both seen in the first 2 weeks of life.

    Parsapour K, Reep MD, Gohar K, Shah V, Church A, Shwayder TA.

    Department of Pediatrics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.

    Sweet's syndrome (or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is a rare inflammatory disease that is characterized by fever, neutrophilia, and painful erythematous plaques that histologically show a dense dermal infiltrate of neutrophils without associated vasculitis. We describe 2 neonates (10 and 15 days of age) with Sweet's syndrome; to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of siblings with Sweet's syndrome.

    PMID: 12833027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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