Increased cutaneous reactions to hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) possibly associated with formulation change: Comment on the letter by Alarcón [3]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3392-3396

  Salido, M ^a,b   Joven, B ^a,c   D'Cruz, D P ^a   Khamashta, M A ^a   Hughes, G R V ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOMIPRAMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENALAPRIL; FLUOXETINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LISINOPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MORPHINE; NAFTIDROFURYL OXALATE; NAPROXEN; PENICILLIN G; PRAVASTATIN; RANITIDINE; ROFECOXIB; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TRAMADOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0036899794     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10565     Document Type: Letter

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