Drug Points: Pustular eruptions after chlorpromazine
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Drug eruptions.
The last four decades have seen an enormous increase in the use of potent and toxic drugs as therapy. The considerable advances that these drugs have provided in the control and prevention of disease are matched by their potential to produce unwanted side effects many of which are reflected in the skin. These side effects cannot in the main be predicted. Tests in animals may not reliably be ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6947.97a