Severe cutaneous eruptions on telaprevir

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 470-472

  Chen, Steven T ^a   Wu, Peggy A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BOCEPREVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; TELAPREVIR;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84863983332     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.02.004     Document Type: Letter

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