Cutaneous drug toxicity from 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP): Case report and histological description

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 307-309

  Le, Patricia ^a   Wood, Benjamin ^b,c   Kumarasinghe, Sujith Prasad ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrophenol; bodybuilding; dinitrophenol; DNP; toxicity; weight loss

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DANTROLENE; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILDING; CASE REPORT; DESQUAMATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG ERUPTIONS; PATHOLOGY;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961323708     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12237     Document Type: Article

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