Cutaneous adverse drug reactions in children: An analysis of reports from the Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for drug safety (CPNDS)

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Castro Pastrana, Lucila I ^a   Ghannadan, Reza ^b   Rieder, Michael J ^c   Dahlke, Erin ^d   Hayden, Michael ^e   Carleton, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Children; Cutaneous; Pharmacovigilance; Skin reaction; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARAGINASE MACROGOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFPROZIL; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETOPOSIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; MINOCYCLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLISTER; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM SICKNESS LIKE REACTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOGENETICS; SKIN;

EID: 79959856376     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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