Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP). Case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-176

  Belda Jr , Walter ^a,b   Ferolla, Ana Carolina Junqueira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug induced dermatosis; Pustular psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE GENERALIZED EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; PUSTULOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 21444457073     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000300011     Document Type: Article

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