Drug-associated linear IgA disease mimicking toxic epidermal necrolysis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-717

  Khan, I ^a,b   Hughes, R ^a   Curran, S ^a   Marren, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 68249161919     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03011.x     Document Type: Article

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