Carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome associated with transient hypogammaglobulinaemia and reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 infection demonstrated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 149 (1) , 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05368.x
Abstract
Summary Drug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome (HS) is a rare but severe disease with multiorgan failure. Many different precipitating factors have been reported, but the pathophysiology of HS remain...Keywords
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