Photo-onycholysis associated with the use of doxycycline

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7460, 2004, Pages 265-

  Passier, Anneke ^a   Smits Van Herwaarden, Astri ^a   Van Puijenbroek, Eugène ^a  

^a Netherlands Pharmacovigilance C ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS;

EID: 4043144948     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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