Erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome following radiotherapy

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-30

  Yoshitake, Tadamasa ^a   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^a   Shioyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sasaki, Tomonari ^a   Ooga, Saiji ^a   Abe, Madoka ^a   Urashima, Yusuke ^a   Urabe, Kazunori ^a   Terashima, Hiromi ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythema multiforme; Radiotherapy; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; RILMAZAFONE; STEROID; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 33847735909     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0093-3     Document Type: Article

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