Panniculitis due to potassium bromide

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-87

  Diener, Wilfried ^a,g   Sorni, Marco ^b   Ruile, Stefan ^c   Rude, Peter ^d   Kruse, Rolf ^e   Becker, Eberhard ^f   Bork, Konrad ^b   Berg, Peter A ^f  

^a MDK Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Hospital Siegen   (Germany)

^e Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bromoderma tuberosum; Halogen panniculitis; Photochemistry of bromide; Potassium bromide; Weber Christian syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM BROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PANNICULITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; ULCER; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BROMIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANNICULITIS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0031909283     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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