Severe skin reaction related to mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-153

  Levin, Netta ^a,b   Mali, Alexander ^b   Karussis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic drugs; Drug eruption; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PURINE SYNTHESIS; RASH; SEPSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIMULATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; SKIN;

EID: 21544436837     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnf.0000167361.35294.da     Document Type: Article

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