Cyclophosphamide in the treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1001-1003

  Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G ^a,b   Boridy, Illya ^a   Mazhar, Mobeen ^a   Mathews, Rajy ^a   Gangopadhyay, Subroto ^a   Cate, Thomas ^a  

^a BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEIZURE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHENYTOIN; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029859571     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199610000-00015     Document Type: Article

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