Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome and acute myocardial infarction - Two case reports

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-233

  Chan, Yuen Chew ^a   Tay, Y K ^b   Ng, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese; Coronary vasculitis; Corticosteroid; Drug hypersensitivity syndrome; Myocarditis; Young man

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALLOPURINOL HYPERSENSIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RASH; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036106093     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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