Delayed-type hypersensitivity rash from paracetamol

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-61

  Irion, Roland ^a   Gall, Helmut ^a   Werfel, Thomas ^b   Peter, Ralf Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous adverse drug reactions; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Generalized erythema; Lymphocyte transformation test; Medicaments; Oral challenge; Paracetamol; Positive patch test

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; NAUSEA; NOTE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034085417     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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