Vemurafenib-induced DRESS

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1242-1243

  Wenk, Kurt S ^a   Pichard, Dominique C ^a   Nasabzadeh, Teresa ^a   Jang, Sekwon ^b   Venna, Suraj S ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VEMURAFENIB;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BONE PAIN; BRAF GENE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MELANOMA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84885921596     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.5278     Document Type: Note

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