Dress syndrome and fulminant hepatic failure induced by lamotrigine

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-77

  Amante, Marcelo Fabián ^a,b   Filippini, Analía Verónica ^a   Cejas, Nora ^a   Lendoire, Javier ^a   Imventarza, Oscar ^a   Parisi, Coloma ^a  

^a Dr Cosme Argerich General Hospital   (Argentina)

^b Monte 4817   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Hepatotoxicity; Histopathology; Hypersensitivity syndrome; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLOROPHACINONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LAMOTRIGINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAPPING TREMOR; FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HILUS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRURITUS; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SORE THROAT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 62549083949     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31817-4     Document Type: Article

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