Histopathology of an adverse reaction to a eutectic mixture of the local anesthetics lidocaine and prilocaine

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-104

  Hoss, Diane M ^a   Gross, Earl G ^a   Grant Kels, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; SKIN BIOPSY; TIME; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMIS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OINTMENTS; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 0033053214     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1999.tb01810.x     Document Type: Article

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