DRESS syndrome: A practical approach for primary care practitioners

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 947-952

  Seth, Divya ^a   Kamat, Deepak ^a   Montejo, Jenny ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPHETAMINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRESS SYNDROME; ERYTHEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWELLING;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; STEROIDS; SYNDROME;

EID: 53249134745     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808320703     Document Type: Article

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