Erythema multiforme photoinduced by statins

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-218

  Rodríguez Pazos, Laura ^a   Sánchez Aguilar, Dolores ^a   Rodríguez Granados Teresa, M ^a   Pereiro Ferreirós Mercedes, M ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythema multiforme; Statins; Systemic photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATCH TEST; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77954744648     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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