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Phototoxic blisters from high frusemide dosage
Author(s) -
BURRY JOHN N.,
LAWRENCE JAMES R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb05136.x
Subject(s) - porphyria cutanea tarda , phototoxicity , medicine , nalidixic acid , porphyria , blisters , dermatology , pharmacology , antibiotics , chemistry , immunology , biochemistry , antibiotic resistance , in vitro
SUMMARY Blistering of exposed areas has appeared in patients suffering from chronic renal failure treated with high doses of frusemide. The blistering, which resembles that occurring in nalidixic acid phototoxicity and in porphyria cutanea tarda, is considered phototoxic in nature.