Granulysin as a marker for early diagnosis of the Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 514-515

  Abe, Riichiro ^a   Yoshioka, Naoya ^a   Murata, Junko ^a   Fujita, Yasuyuki ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULYSIN;

CONTROL GROUP; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 70349751736     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-7-200910060-00016     Document Type: Letter

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