Stevens-Johnson syndrome without skin lesions

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1696-1699

  Latsch, K ^a   Girschick, H J ^a   Abele Horn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL EROSION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; STOMATITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SKIN; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 37249040047     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47318-0     Document Type: Article

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