Hydroxychloroquine-induced DRESS syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-539

  Volpe, Alessandro ^a   Marchetta, Antonio ^a   Caramaschi, Paola ^b   Biasi, Domenico ^b   Bambara, Lisa Maria ^b   Arcaro, Guido ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; DRESS syndrome; Eosinophilia; Hydroxychloroquine

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE; ROSUVASTATIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 40949103159     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0772-1     Document Type: Article

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