Purpura after application of EMLA cream in two children

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 566-568

  Neri, Iria ^a,b   Savoia, Francesco ^a   Guareschi, Elisa ^a   Medri, Matelda ^a   Patrizi, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; POLYURETHAN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; CURETTAGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INJURY; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSIENT SKIN BLANCHING; URTICARIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG ERUPTION; FOLLOW UP; OINTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OINTMENTS; PRILOCAINE; PURPURA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644808589     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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