Toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by phenytoin and whole brain radiotherapy;Necrolisis epidérmica tóxica inducida por fenitoína y radioterapia holocraneal

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 483-485

  Fernandez F A ^a   Pintor Holguín, Emilio ^b   Quesada, R ^a   Garces F J ^a  

^a Hospital La Moraleja Sanitas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Phenytoin; Stevens Johnson syndrome; Toxic epidermal necrolysis; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 34548404277     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: 15782190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1578-2190(07)70492-4     Document Type: Article

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