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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 13-15 |
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Oxcarbazepine-induced Stevens Johnson syndrome: A rare case report
SR Sharma, Nalini Sharma, ME Yeolekar
Department of Neurology, NEIGRIHMS, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
Correspondence Address:
S R Sharma
Department of Neurology, NEIGRIHMS, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Shillong
India
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.79861 PMID: 23130207
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Although carbamazepine is the most common cause of Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) a new antiepileptic drug, oxcarbazepine which is structurally related to carbamazepine, has also been rarely shown to induce SJS. Here we report a case with SJS, which was induced by oxcarbazepine. |
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