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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: is cutaneous phenotype a prognostic marker for outcome? A review of clinicopathological features of 27 cases.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2013
Walsh S, Diaz-Cano S, Higgins E, Morris-Jones R, Bashir S, Bernal W, Creamer D
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BACKGROUND: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) describes a heterogeneous group of severe adverse reactions to medications. The cutaneous phenotype has a number of guises, accompanied by a variety of systemic features including fever, haematological abnormalities and visceral involvement, most commonly the liver. Clinical markers of prognosis have not been identified. OBJECTIVES: To...
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