Nonpigmenting solitary fixed drug eruption caused by a Chinese traditional herbal medicine, ma huang (Ephedra Hebra), mainly containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 628-630

  Matsumoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Mikoshiba, Hajime ^a   Saida, Toshiaki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; EPHEDRA HEBRA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMON COLD; DRUG ERUPTION; EPHEDRA HEBRA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0037382678     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.192     Document Type: Article

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