Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms secondary to phenobarbitone

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 177-178

  Baruzzi, Agostino ^a   Contin, Manuela ^a   Barbara, Giovanni ^a   Cremon, Cesare ^a   De Giorgio, Roberto ^a   Patrizi, Annalisa ^a   Albani, Fiorenzo ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Antiepileptic drugs; DRESS; Phenobarbitone

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOBAZAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RASH WITH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHENOBARBITAL;

EID: 0042626233     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200307000-00004     Document Type: Article

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