Pruritus and Leucocytoclastic Vasculitis due to Azathioprine

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-

  Appelman, Michiel ^a   Wintzen, Marjolein ^a,b  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Azathioprine; Leucocytoclastic vasculitis; Pruritus; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; HYDROXYZINE; MESALAZINE; PARACETAMOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIS;

AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PRURITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 22144483100     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084771     Document Type: Letter

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