A case of interstitial granulomatous drug reaction due to sennoside [5]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1035-1037

  Fujita, Y ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENNOSIDE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; SENNOSIDE A&B;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL GRANULOMATOUS DRUG REACTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ERYTHEMA; GRANULOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTHRAQUINONES; CATHARTICS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3042778761     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05916.x     Document Type: Letter

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