Recurrent erythema multiforme: Clinical characteristics, etiologic associations, and treatment in a series of 48 patients at Mayo Clinic, 2000 to 2007

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Wetter, David A ^a   Davis, Mark D P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

antiviral agents; erythema multiforme; immunosuppressive agents; recurrent erythema multiforme

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; THALIDOMIDE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MOUTH DISEASE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 71649103298     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.06.046     Document Type: Article

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