Generalized lichen planus-like eruption due to acetylsalicylic acid [2]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 470-472

  Ruiz Villaverde, R ^a   Blasco Melguizo, J ^a   Mendoza Guil, F ^a   Sánchez, M C Martin ^a   Naranjo Sintes, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENOXAPARIN; GOLD; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOTHIAZINE; PREDNISONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PURPURA; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; PATCH TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037929940     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00614_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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