Concordance of primary generalised epilepsy and carbamazepine hypersensitivity in monozygotic twins.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
In this paper we describe the previously unreported phenomenon of a carbamazepine-induced mucocutaneous syndrome in identical twins. These twins had developed primary generalised epilepsy within 2 months of each other.
Medical subject headings
- Anticonvulsants
- Carbamazepine
- Diseases in Twins
- Drug Eruptions
- Epilepsy, Generalized