Variability in the clinical pattern of cutaneous side-effects of drugs with systemic symptoms: Does a DRESS syndrome really exist? [20]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-611

  Kardaun, S H ^a   Sidoroff, A ^b   Valeyrie Allanore, L ^c   Halevy, S ^d   Davidovici, B B ^d   Mockenhaupt, M ^e   Roujeau, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG REACTION WITH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS SYNDROME; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GOLD STANDARD; LETTER; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYNDROME;

DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33846997845     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07704.x     Document Type: Letter

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