DRESS syndrome: A case report and literature review

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cardoso, Cláudia Sofia ^a   Vieira, Ana Margarida ^a   Oliveira, Ana Paula ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Setubal   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RELAPSE;

EID: 79959261553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3898     Document Type: Article

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