Skin eruption with gabapentin in a patient with repeated AED-induced Stevens-Johnson's Syndrome

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-138

  DeToledo, John C ^a,b   Minagar, Alireza ^a   Lowe, Meredith R ^a   Ramsay, R Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antiepileptic drugs; Gabapentin Stevens Johnson's syndrome; Rash; Skin eruptions

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; THIGH;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0033055760     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199902000-00022     Document Type: Article

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