Plantar Erythrodysesthesia Caused by Antiretroviral Treatment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Palmoplantar erythrodysesthesia is an uncommon localised cutaneous reaction to certain chemotherapeutic agents and characterized by painful palmoplantar erythema and dysesthesia. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of plantar erythrodysesthesia in a 40-year-old male patient receiving an antiretroviral combination therapy for HIV.
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دوره 2013 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013