Neutrophilic dermatosis after azathioprine exposure

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 592-597

  Cyrus, Nika ^a   Stavert, Robert ^a   Mason, Ashley R ^a   Ko, Christine J ^a   Choi, Jennifer Nam ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CREATININE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFILTRATE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZATHIOPRINE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; SWEET SYNDROME;

EID: 84877843694     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.137     Document Type: Article

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