Common cutaneous drug reactions

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Key articles

Aronson JK, Ferner RE. Joining the DoTS: new approach to classifying adverse drug reactions. BMJ. 2003 Nov 22;327(7425):1222-5. Abstract

Gell PG, Coombs RRA, eds. Clinical aspects of immunology. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell; 1963.

Bigby M, Jick S, Jick H, et al. Drug-induced cutaneous reactions: a report from the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program on 15,438 consecutive inpatients, 1975 to 1982. JAMA. 1986 Dec 26;256(2):3358-63. Abstract

Kuokkanen K. Drug eruptions: a series of 464 cases in the Department of Dermatology, University of Turku, Finland, during 1966-1970. Acta Allergol. 1972 Dec;27(5):407-38. Abstract

Aronson JK, Ferner RE. Clarification of terminology in drug safety. Drug Saf. 2005;28(10):851-70. Abstract

Khan DA, Banerji A, Blumenthal KG, et al. Drug allergy: a 2022 practice parameter update. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Dec;150(6):1333-93.Full text  Abstract

Naranjo CA, Busto U, Sellers EM, et al. A method for estimating the probability of adverse drug reactions. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1981 Aug;30(2):239-45. Abstract

Hill AB. The environment and disease: association or causation? Proc R Soc Med. 1965 Jan;58(1):295-300.Full text  Abstract

Howick J, Glasziou P, Aronson JK. The evolution of evidence hierarchies: what can Bradford Hill's 'guidelines for causation' contribute? J R Soc Med. 2009 May;102(5):186-94.Full text  Abstract

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Drug allergy: diagnosis and management. September 2014 [internet publication].Full text

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