Leflunomide-induced DRESS syndrome with renal involvement and vasculitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 689-693

  Pinto, Benzeeta ^a   Dhir, Varun ^a   Krishnan, Sabari ^a   Nada, Ritambhra ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

DRESS; Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; Leflunomide; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; COLESTYRAMINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DRESS SYNDROME; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOOSE FECES; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84878682721     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-2152-8     Document Type: Review

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