Anticonvulsant Hypersensitivity Syndrome Treated With Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-69

  Dredge, David C ^a   Parsons, Elizabeth C ^a   Carter, Lindsay P ^a   Staley, Kevin J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952963754     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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