Carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome occurring in a photodistributed pattern

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-168

  So, J S Y ^a   Edwards, S L ^a   Ibbotson, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Hypersensitivity, photodistributed pattern

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 33747058241     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093861     Document Type: Article

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