Azathioprine in dermatology

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 264-268

  Bardek, Ivana ^a   Milavec Puretić, Višnja ^a   Lipozenčić, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adverse effects of azathioprine; Azathioprine; Azathioprine use in dermatology

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; WARFARIN;

ALOPECIA; ARTHRALGIA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOSPADIAS; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOMA; MALAISE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; NAUSEA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS; POLYDACTYLY; PSORIASIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; THYMUS ATROPHY; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VESICULAR RASH; VOMITING;

AZATHIOPRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 38149015434     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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