Positive patch test in hypersensitivity to lamotrigine

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-

  Monzón, Susana ^a,b   Garces M M ^a   Reichelt, C ^a   Lezaun, A ^a   Colas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome; Cutaneous adverse drug reactions; Lamotrigine; Patch test

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PATCH TEST; RASH;

EID: 0036999761     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470609_1.x     Document Type: Article

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