A case of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with gabapentin

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-44

  Poon, D Y H ^a,b   Law, N M ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Neuropathic pain; Paraesthesiae; Partial seizures

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RASH; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO;

ACETIC ACIDS; AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0037259739     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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