Stevens-Johnson syndrome with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with dexamethasone pulse therapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-58

  Barman, Krishna Deb ^a   Verma, Kaushal K ^a   Agrawal, Sudha ^a   Agarwalla, Arun ^a   Rijal, Arpana ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone pulse therapy; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SCROTUM; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0037281249     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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