Drug eruption with eosinophilia and systemic syndrome associated with reactivation of human herpesvirus 7, not human herpesvirus 6

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 669-670

  Morito, Hironori ^a   Kitamura, Kana ^a   Fukumoto, Takaya ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuhiko ^a   Kuwahara, Masamitsu ^a   Asada, Hideo ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; REMISSION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84862259444     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01365.x     Document Type: Letter

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