Hypersensitivity reaction to azathioprine

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-474

  Fields, Cheryl L ^a,b,c   Robinson, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Roy, Thomas M ^a,b   Ossorio, Miguel A ^a,b   Byrd Jr , Ryland P ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University ^*

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PALLOR; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0031922893     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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