A case with Stevens Johnson syndrome triggered by combination of clobazam, lamotrigine, and valproic acid treatment

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-99

  Ertam, Ilgen ^a   Sezgin, Aycan Ozden ^a   Unal, Idil ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 58149289541     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03865.x     Document Type: Letter

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