Pravastatin-Induced Lichenoid Drug Eruption

Cutis

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-100

  Keough, George C ^a   Richardson, Trent T ^b   Grabski, William J ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PRAVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; PRAVASTATIN;

EID: 0031992020     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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