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Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome after phenytoin administration in an adolescent patient: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Hypersensitivity is a rare adverse drug reaction (ADR) associated with anti-epileptic medications. Phenytoin is one of the commonly used drugs for treatment of epilepsy that encounters a hypersensitivity reaction. This reaction can be ranged from mild cutaneous rash to anticonvulsant hyp...

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Autores principales: Ghannam, Malik, Mansour, Shaden, Nabulsi, Aya, Abdoh, Qusay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28638280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12948-017-0069-0