Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis caused by celecoxib

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 555-557

  Yang, Chao Chun ^a   Lee, Julian Yu Yun ^a   Chen, Wen Chieh ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Celecoxib; Drug eruptions; Exanthema; Skin tests; Sulfonamides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAKTAR; CEFALEXIN; CELECOXIB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IBUPROFEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; PUSTULE; PUSTULOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAZOLES; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 6344231971     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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