Stevens-Johnson syndrome: A diagnostic challenge in the absence of skin lesions

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Vanfleteren, Inge ^a   Van Gysel, Dirk ^a   De Brandt, Christiane ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BICARBONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUTICASONE; NYSTATIN; PARACETAMOL; POVIDONE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; TERRACORTRIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSURIA; EPISCLERITIS; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN DEFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038545407     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.03012.x     Document Type: Article

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