Drug-induced exanthemata: A source of clinical and intellectual confusion

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-259

  Friedmann, Peter Simon ^a   Pickard, Christopher ^a   Ardern Jones, Michael ^a   Bircher, Andreas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Drug hypersensitivity; Drug induced exanthema; Drug rash; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ALLERGY TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 77952794871     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0891     Document Type: Review

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