Cutaneous ulceration: An unusual sign of methotrexate toxicity - First report in a patient without psoriasis

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 651-653

  Ben Amitai, Dan ^a,b   Hodak, Emmilia ^a   David, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Skin ulceration

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CYCLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH LESION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0031749657     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.17300     Document Type: Article

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