Chronic bullous disease of childhood in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Possible induction by a drug

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 389-391

  Polat, Muhterem ^a,c   Lenk, Nurdan ^a   Kürekçi, Emin ^b   Öztaş, Pinar ^a   Artüz, Ferda ^a   Alli, Nuran ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders, general; Children; Cotrimoxazole, therapeutic use; Leukaemia, general

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36448982858     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200708060-00010     Document Type: Article

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