Successful desensitization for treatment of a fixed drug eruption to allopurinol

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1171-1172

  Kelso, John M ^a   Keating, Richard M ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG ERUPTION; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029882584     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70275-0     Document Type: Article

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