Case 3. Toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by oral phenobarbital and whole-brain radiotherapy in a breast cancer patient

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4649-4651

  Vincenzi, Bruno ^a   Santini, Daniele ^a   Grilli, Claudia ^a   La Cesa, Annalisa ^a   Dianzani, Caterina ^a   Tonini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURE; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 16544379699     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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