Prominent features and variations in clinical presentation of erythema multiforme

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Bulat, Vedrana ^a   Lugović, Liborija ^a   Šitum, Mirna ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Erythema multiforme etiology; Erythema multiforme pathology; Herpes simplex complications; Skin immunology; Skin pathology

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALLOPURINOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZOPHENONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FANSIDAR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 34247266672     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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