TY - JOUR
KW - Adrenal Cortex Hormones
KW - Adult
KW - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
KW - Dapsone
KW - Dermatitis, Exfoliative
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
AU - Lal S
AU - Garg B R
AB - <p>Exfoliative dermatitis associated with hepatitis has been reported in leprosy patients taking dapsone in daily dosage of 200 mg daily or more previously. This report concerns a 40 year-old-female who developed exfoliative dermatitis and hepatitis six weeks after starting dapsone in daily dosage of 100 mg for treatment of leprosy. She responded dramatically to administration of corticosteroids.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6450299?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1980 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Exfoliative dermatitis associated with hepatitis has been reported in leprosy patients taking dapsone in daily dosage of 200 mg daily or more previously. This report concerns a 40 year-old-female who developed exfoliative dermatitis and hepatitis six weeks after starting dapsone in daily dosage of 100 mg for treatment of leprosy. She responded dramatically to administration of corticosteroids.</p>
PY - 1980
SP - 302
EP - 5
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - Sulphone induced exfoliative dermatitis and hepatitis.
VL - 52
SN - 0024-1024
ER -