Clinical differentiation of acute cutaneous graft-versus-host disease from drug hypersensitivity reactions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 726-732

  Byun, Hee Jin ^a,b,c   Yang, Jong In ^d   Kim, Byoung Kook ^a   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diarrhea; differential diagnosis; drug hypersensitivity reaction; early diagnosis; graft versus host disease; hemopoietic cell transplantation; hyperbilirubinemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW;

EID: 80052815058     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.07.042     Document Type: Article

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