Pravastatin-induced lichenoid drug eruption

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-59

  Pua, Vernon S C ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a   Barnetson, Ross St C ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluvastatin; Lichen planus; Lichenoid dermatitis; Lovastatin; Pigmentation; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DAPSONE; DIURETIC AGENT; IODIDE; MESALAZINE; METAL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRAVASTATIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONYLUREA; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PRAVASTATIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644993284     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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