Toxic epidermal necrolysis after paroxetine treatment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1274, 2008, Pages 86-89

  Ahmed, Rashid ^a   Eagleton, Carl ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CILAZAPRIL; CORTICOSTEROID; LORATADINE; METOPROLOL; PAROXETINE; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN; THYROXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND DRESSING; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BIOPSY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAROXETINE; PREDNISONE; SKIN;

EID: 45149092880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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