Leucocytoclastic vasculitis in a patient with azathioprine hypersensitivity

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 849, 1996, Pages 437-438

  Beckett, C G ^a,b   Hill, P ^a   Hine, K R ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Drug hypersensitivity; Leucocytoclastic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALAISE; MALE;

EID: 0029884192     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.849.437     Document Type: Article

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