Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to zonisamide associated with reactivation of human herpesvirus 6

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Teraki, Yuichi ^a,b   Murota, Haruhiko ^a   Izaki, Seiichi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; KERATINOCYTE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 39649107573     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2007.48     Document Type: Article

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