A case of hypersensitivity syndrome induced by methimazole for Graves' disease

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1333-1336

  Ozaki, Nobuaki ^a   Miura, Yoshitaka ^a   Sakakibara, Akihiro ^a   Oiso, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 31144442150     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1333     Document Type: Article

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