Clinical course of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome treated without systemic corticosteroids

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 722-726

  Uhara, H ^a   Saiki, M ^b   Kawachi, S ^c   Ashida, A ^a   Oguchi, S ^d   Okuyama, R ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 ANTIBODY; MEXILETINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRESS SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FACIAL SPASM; FAINTNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOCARDITIS; NEPHRITIS; NEURALGIA; ONSET AGE; PNEUMONIA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877634776     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04547.x     Document Type: Article

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