Tolerated drugs in subjects with severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) induced by anticonvulsants and review of the literature

Tolerated drugs in subjects with severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) induced by anticonvulsants and review of the literature

Abstract Background Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome represents a rare but potentially fatal kind of adverse drug reaction. This clinical picture often hampers the flexibility with which alternative anticonvulsants or even other classes of drugs are prescribed in these patients, negatively a...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio De Luca, Laura Michelina Losappio, Corrado Mirone, Jan Walter Schroeder, Antonella Citterio, Maria Gloria Aversano, Joseph Scibilia, Elide Anna Pastorello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Allergy
Subjects:
Anticonvulsants
Drug hypersensitivity
Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome
Stevens–Johnson syndrome
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12948-017-0072-5

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