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Toxic epidermal necrolysis in a patient receiving concurrent phenytoin and whole brain and thoracic radiotherapy

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe drug induced type IV hypersensitivity syndrome that can be caused by anticonvulsant drugs, especially the aromatic anticonvulsants such as phenytoin. Most patients with brain metastasis receive whole brain radiotherapy along with anti-edema measures and a...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Imtiaz, Biswas, Ahitagni, Krishnamurthy, Sapna, Julka, Pramod K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25399219