Stevens-Johnson syndrome caused by a health drink (Eberu®) containing ophiopogonis tuber

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Mochitomi, Yuji ^a   Inoue, Akiyo ^a   Kawabata, Hisashi ^a   Ishida, Sanemasa ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Uchinoura Town Hospital

Author keywords

Challenge test (p.o.); Corneal erosin; Drug lymphocyte stimulation test; Ophiopogonis tuber; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EROSION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATCH TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; STEROID THERAPY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0031774408     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02477.x     Document Type: Article

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