A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy

Levetiracetam is a relatively new antiepileptic drug that has previously not been associated with severe dermatological side effects. We report the case of a 31-year-old male treated with levetiracetam for seizures who subsequently developed a mycosis fungoides-like drug reaction that resolved upon...

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Autores principales: Bora, İbrahim, Demir, Aylin Bican, Başkan, Emel Bülbül, Balaban, Şaduman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25667905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.08.002
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author Bora, İbrahim
Demir, Aylin Bican
Başkan, Emel Bülbül
Balaban, Şaduman
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description Levetiracetam is a relatively new antiepileptic drug that has previously not been associated with severe dermatological side effects. We report the case of a 31-year-old male treated with levetiracetam for seizures who subsequently developed a mycosis fungoides-like drug reaction that resolved upon dosage reduction.
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spelling pubmed-43080612015-02-09 A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy Bora, İbrahim Demir, Aylin Bican Başkan, Emel Bülbül Balaban, Şaduman Epilepsy Behav Case Rep Case Report Levetiracetam is a relatively new antiepileptic drug that has previously not been associated with severe dermatological side effects. We report the case of a 31-year-old male treated with levetiracetam for seizures who subsequently developed a mycosis fungoides-like drug reaction that resolved upon dosage reduction. Elsevier 2014-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4308061/ /pubmed/25667905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.08.002 Text en © 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy
title A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy
title_full A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy
title_fullStr A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy
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title_short A case of mycosis fungoides-like lesions developing after levetiracetam therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25667905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.08.002
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