Salazosulfapyridine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome triggered by methotrexate

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Teraki, Y ^a   Izaki, S ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 70349479870     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03212.x     Document Type: Letter

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