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Various rash conditions ranging in pathology and severity occur frequently with NSAIDs and some other anti-rheumatic drugs. Known collectively as dermatitis medicamentosa or ‘drug eruptions’, they manifest as erythema, urticaria, morbilliform eruptions, purpura, lichen planus and photo-sensitivity reactions to the severe bullouslike as well as the often fatal Stevens—Johnson and Lyell’s syndromes (Table 1) [1–3].
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Rainsford, K.D. (1997). Mechanisms of Adverse Reactions in the Skin from Anti-Rheumatic Drugs. In: Rainsford, K.D. (eds) Side Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs IV. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5394-2_31
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