DRESS syndrome: Part II. Management and therapeutics

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 709.e1-709.e9

  Husain, Zain ^a   Reddy, Bobby Y ^b   Schwartz, Robert A ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute generalize exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP; CMV; cytomegalovirus; DRESS; drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; EBV; Epstein Barr virus; HHV 6; human herpesvirus 6; intravenous immunoglobulin; IVIG; LTT; lymphocyte transformation test; negative predictive value; NPV; positive predictive value; PPV; SJS; Stevens Johnson syndrome; TEN; toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHRODERMA; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; ORGAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84876381117     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.01.032     Document Type: Review

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