Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: Clinical and laboratory features

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1184-1189

  Mansur, Ayşe Tülin ^a   Pekcan Yaşar, Şirin ^a   Göktay, Fatih ^a  

^a Tibbiye cad Haydarpaşa Numune Eǧitim ve ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LIVER ENZYME; MEPREDNISONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHRODERMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449090690     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03827.x     Document Type: Article

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