Prolonged elevation of serum granulysin in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 452-453

  Saito, N ^a   Abe, R ^a   Yoshioka, N ^a   Murata, J ^a   Fujita, Y ^a   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULYSIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864403439     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10921.x     Document Type: Letter

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