Fixed drug eruption to cetirizine with positive lesional patch tests to the three piperazine derivatives

BACKGROUND: The H1-antihistamine cetirizine, a piperazine derivative widely used in daily practice, is rarely the cause of cutaneous drug reaction. Nevertheless, four cases of fixed drug eruption (FDE) as a result of this drug have been described recently. We present the case of a 45-year-old woman...

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Main Author: Cravo, M (author)
Other Authors: Gonçalo, Margarida (author), Figueiredo, A (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/732
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/732