A systemic reaction to patch testing for the evaluation of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1181-1183

  Mashiah, Jacob ^b   Brenner, Sarah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOSE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULOSIS; RASH; SAMPLE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0141819278     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.9.1181     Document Type: Article

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