Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome
Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome typically occurs in persons with preexisting kidney failure.[1]:119 Weeks to months after allopurinol is begun, the patient develops a morbilliform eruption[1]:119 or, less commonly, develops one of the far more serious and potentially lethal severe cutaneous adverse reactions viz., the DRESS syndrome, Stevens Johnson syndrome, or toxic epidermal necrolysis.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
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