Hypersensitivity syndrome due to trichloroethylene exposure: A severe generalized skin reaction resembling drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Watanabe, Hideaki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome; human herpesvirus 6; hypersensitivity syndrome; trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLOPURINOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DAPSONE; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B1301 ANTIGEN; HLA B1502 ANTIGEN; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; HLA B5801 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEXILETINE; MINOCYCLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHANOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ERUPTION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEPATITIS; HEREDITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MORTALITY; PATCH TEST; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID THERAPY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 79952030630     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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