Lamotrigine induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. Effective treatment with cyclosporin;Necrolisis epidermica toxica inducida por lamotrigina. Tratamiento con ciclosporina

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 612-615

  Arellano, Ángel Palomo ^a   Gómez, Javier Rodríjuez ^a   Vega, Enrique Guerrero ^a   Linde, Francisca Árbol ^a   Sánchez, Fernando Marcos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Lamotrigine; Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; SULFONAMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0032761206     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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