Lichenoid eruption due to imatinib [1]

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-288

  Prabhash, K ^a,b   Doval, D ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b B7/99 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; INTERFERON; INTERFERON 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEPIGMENTATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; PRURITUS; PUSTULOSIS; RASH; SKIN EDEMA;

EID: 23944441503     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.16627     Document Type: Letter

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