Toxic epidermal necrolysis: Differential diagnosis of an epidermolytic dermopathy in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 331-333

  Zakrzewski, J L ^a   Lentini, G ^a   Such, U ^a   Duerr, A ^a   Tran, V ^a   Guenzelmann, S ^a   Braunschweig, T ^b   Riede, U N ^b   Koldehoff, M ^a  

^a Bone Marrow Transplantation Center Idar Oberstein   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exfoliative dermopathy; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; ACICLOVIR; ALLOPURINOL; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDERMOLYSIS; ERYTHEMA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036739312     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703624     Document Type: Article

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