Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms induced by carbamazepine: DRESSed to kill

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412.e5-412.e8

  Halink, Drieske A ^a   Marijnissen, Radboud M ^a,b   Schut, Annemarieke A ^a   Oude Voshaar, Richard C ^b  

^a Pro Persona   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Carbamazepine; Dementia; DRESS; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CETIRIZINE; CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PREDNISONE; RISPERIDONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG REEXPOSURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PNEUMONIA; RASH; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT DURATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 79960209431     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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