STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE

A male patient with bipolar disorder who developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome following treatment with a combination of sodium valproate and lamotrigine is reported. This case report emphasises the importance of being cautious when such a combination is used in patients with associated medical conditi...

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Autores principales: Silva Pereira, Yvonne Da, Lal, Hina, Miranda, M.F.M., Fernandes, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2002
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206564
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author Silva Pereira, Yvonne Da
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spelling pubmed-29543462011-01-04 STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE Silva Pereira, Yvonne Da Lal, Hina Miranda, M.F.M. Fernandes, John Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A male patient with bipolar disorder who developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome following treatment with a combination of sodium valproate and lamotrigine is reported. This case report emphasises the importance of being cautious when such a combination is used in patients with associated medical conditions. Medknow Publications 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC2954346/ /pubmed/21206564 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Silva Pereira, Yvonne Da
Lal, Hina
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STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title_full STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title_fullStr STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title_full_unstemmed STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title_short STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME IN A BIPOLAR PATIENT TREATED WITH LAMOTRIGINE
title_sort stevens johnson syndrome in a bipolar patient treated with lamotrigine
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206564
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