Toxic epidermal necrolysis with severe hyperbilirubinemia: Complete re-epithelialization after bilirubin reduction therapies

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-536

  Kamada, Noriaki ^a   Yoneyama, Kei ^a   Togawa, Yaei ^a   Suehiro, Keisuke ^a   Shinkai, Hiroshi ^a   Yokota, Masaya ^a   Matsuda, Kenichi ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^a   Hirasawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsue, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin adsorption; Complete re epithelialization; Hyperbilirubinemia; Plasma exchange; Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; DEPAKEN R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN ADSORPTION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; THERAPY; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; COMPLICATION; DETOXIFICATION; FATALITY; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SORPTION DETOXIFICATION; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77952760551     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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